A earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 169 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (105 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 11:27:41 / December 17, 2016 @ 11:27 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us200081w0. Unique identifier: us200081w0. Exact location, longitude 153.9339° East, latitude -5.704° South, depth = 40.43 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Taron in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 40.43 km (25 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:27:41 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.
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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: 169 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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