A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 109 km WSW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (68 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 231.94 km (144 miles). Unique identifier: us70005cdl. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005cdl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:29:18 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/19 / 2019-08-31 16:29:18 / August 31, 2019 @ 4:29 pm. Exact location of event, depth 231.94 km, 151.324° East, -4.7093° South.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 109 km WSW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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