A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 117 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 145.57 km, 154.5734° East, -5.7581° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 145.57 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70008tsm. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008tsm. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/04/20 / 2020-04-11 11:11:33 / April 11, 2020 @ 11:11 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 22:11:33 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 117 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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