A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 88 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (55 miles). Exact location, longitude 153.7047° East, latitude -4.9067° South, depth = 75.51 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.51 km (47 miles). Id of earthquake: us100069hu. Event ids that are associated: us100069hu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:34:48 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/07/16 / 2016-07-28 00:34:48 / July 28, 2016 @ 12:34 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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