A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 110 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea (68 miles). Global time and date of event 30/08/16 / 2016-08-30 21:12:51 / August 30, 2016 @ 9:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 153.157° East, latitude -5.4544° South, depth = 14.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10006ivz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006ivz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.82 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 07:12:51 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 110 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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