A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 104 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (65 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 09:33:48 / November 13, 2016 @ 9:33 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 93.74 km (58 miles). Unique identifier: us10007db5. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007db5. Exact location of event, depth 93.74 km, 153.8786° East, -4.8894° South. The temblor was picked up at 19:33:48 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 104 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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