A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 214 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (133 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 151.9476° East, latitude -6.2663° South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us700058ck. Ids that are associated to the event: us700058ck. The temblor was reported at 03:49:41 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/08/19 / 2019-08-14 17:49:41 / August 14, 2019 @ 5:49 pm UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 214 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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