A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 110 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (68 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:31:12 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 23:31:12 / January 15, 2020 @ 11:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 155.5623 East, latitude -7.3155 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: us60007i98. Unique identifier: us60007i98. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 110 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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