A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 100 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea (62 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 153.1127 East, latitude -5.3736 South, depth = 28.41 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007njw. Unique identifier: us10007njw. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/12/16 / 2016-12-29 17:33:16 / December 29, 2016 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 03:33:16 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.41 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 100 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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