A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 134 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea (83 miles). Unique identifier: us10007rj0. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007rj0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/01/17 / 2017-01-06 01:12:04 / January 6, 2017 @ 1:12 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:12:04 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.0314 East, latitude -5.6836 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 134 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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