A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 109 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (68 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:26:09 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10007psl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007psl. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 12:26:09 / December 17, 2016 @ 12:26 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 135.43 km (84 miles). Exact location of event, depth 135.43 km, 153.9336° East, -4.8734° South.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 109 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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