A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 152 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (94 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 146.6042° East, -3.2244° South, depth 15.86 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 23:20:39 / January 17, 2019 @ 11:20 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:20:39 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000jbw5. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jbw5. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.86 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 152 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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