A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 234 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (145 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.177 East, latitude -6.4733 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us700063ig. Unique identifier: us700063ig. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:45:19 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/10/19 / 2019-10-28 17:45:19 / October 28, 2019 @ 5:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 234 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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