A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 134 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (83 miles) on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.64 km (26 miles). Exact location, longitude 153.4557° East, latitude -5.6041° South, depth = 41.64 km. Event id: us200082i3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200082i3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 02:22:51 / December 19, 2016 @ 2:22 am. The temblor was detected at 12:22:51 / 12:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 134 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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