A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 157 km NE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (98 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 148.2579° East, latitude -0.9997° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 06/04/20 / 2020-04-06 15:28:29 / April 6, 2020 @ 3:28 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70008sis. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008sis. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:28:29 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 157 km NE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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