Lest we forget how short life is

We've experienced four earth tremors (read that, earthquakes) since we've arrived less than 3 weeks ago.  Two of them were barely noticeable.  Here are the specs on the other two, which also happen to be the most recent of the four:

Note:  a magnitude increase of 1.0 means it is 10 times stronger.  For example, an earthquake of 6.0 is ten times stronger than one of 5.0.
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Magnitude 6.3   NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
Date-Time  Monday, August 16, 2010 at 01:09:30 AM local time at epicenter
Location  5.71S 148.34E
Depth  183.1 kilometers
Distances 185 km (115 miles) NE of Ukaruma, PNG

This one was pretty strong, but much farther away.  I woke up in bed when this happened.  Julie slept through it.
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Magnitude 5.0   EASTERN NEW GUINEA REGION, P.N.G.
Date-Time  Friday, August 27, 2010 at 04:42:22 PM local time at epicenter
Location  6.22S 146.41E
Depth  114.3 kilometers
Distances  85 km (55 miles) N of Ukarumpa, PNG

Julie was home for the second of these and I was at my desk.  Though not the stronger of the two, because it was much closer it was quite a wake-up.
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