A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 153 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (95 miles) on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 06:12:54 / September 17, 2015 @ 6:12 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.73 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 151.5051° East, latitude -5.8212° South, depth = 16.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10003j4q. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003j4q. The temblor was picked up at 16:12:54 / 4:12 pm (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 twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 153 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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