A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 171 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (106 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.88 km (11 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.9551 East, latitude -6.0651 South, depth = 17.88 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:43:37 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000823g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000823g. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 00:43:37 / December 18, 2016 @ 12:43 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days seventy-one 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 earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 171 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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