A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 91 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (57 miles) on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us10004d80. Event ids that are associated: us10004d80. The temblor was picked up at 11:40:41 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 96.26 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 153.808 East, latitude -4.7484 South, depth = 96.26 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/16 / 2016-01-10 01:40:41 / January 10, 2016 @ 1:40 am. 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 91 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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