A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 113 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (70 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.4342 East, latitude -5.4128 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003zlm. Id of event: us10003zlm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 22:33:57 / November 17, 2015 @ 10:33 pm. The temblor was picked up at 08:33:57 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 113 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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