A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 39 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:30:36 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10004tvm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004tvm. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/03/16 / 2016-03-01 18:30:36 / March 1, 2016 @ 6:30 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 52.62 km (33 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 153.2832° East, -4.7257° South, depth 52.62 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight 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 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: 39 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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