A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 12 km SW of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea (7 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000myy2. Unique identifier: us6000myy2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/24 / 2024-05-16 13:20:14 / May 16, 2024 @ 1:20 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 106.27 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:20:14 / 1:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.7232 East, latitude -4.2839 South, depth = 106.27 km.
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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 12 km SW of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea.
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