A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 97 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (60 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 21:43:10 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 11/05/19 / 2019-05-11 11:43:10 / May 11, 2019 @ 11:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.8151 East, latitude -6.6988 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003mm4. Unique identifier: us70003mm4.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 97 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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