A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 79 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (49 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.16 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 107.16 km, 153.7106° East, -4.7012° South. Unique identifier: us10007lv7. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007lv7. The temblor was picked up at 10:56:04 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/16 / 2016-12-22 00:56:04 / December 22, 2016 @ 12:56 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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