A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 115 km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (71 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/19 / 2019-09-09 22:06:18 / September 9, 2019 @ 10:06 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 99.76 km (62 miles). Exact location, longitude 148.0718° East, latitude -5.5751° South, depth = 99.76 km. The temblor was reported at 08:06:18 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70005hua. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005hua.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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