A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 197 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (122 miles) on Wednesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:41:10 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000aa4h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000aa4h. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 125.42 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.0149 East, latitude -4.6719 South, depth = 125.42 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/20 / 2020-06-03 04:41:10 / June 3, 2020 @ 4:41 am UTC/GMT. 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 five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 197 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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