A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 75 km ENE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (47 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 153.6873 East, latitude -4.2667 South, depth = 103.45 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:27:07 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 12:27:07 / August 8, 2016 @ 12:27 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103.45 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10006cx0. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006cx0.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 75 km ENE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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