A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 173 km SW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (107 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:39:13 / 1:39 am (local time epicenter). 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: us6000n8n4. Unique identifier: us6000n8n4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/06/24 / 2024-06-20 01:39:13 / June 20, 2024 @ 1:39 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 149.5862° East, -3.5609° South, depth 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 173 km SW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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