A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 127 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea (79 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 18:26:24 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/04/16 / 2016-04-10 08:26:24 / April 10, 2016 @ 8:26 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187.64 km (117 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 154.1677° East, -4.6527° South, depth 187.64 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005gs6. Id of event: us20005gs6.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 127 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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