A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 106 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (66 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 153.2854° East, latitude -5.3939° South, depth = 125.49 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007pq5. Unique identifier: us10007pq5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 12:39:27 / December 17, 2016 @ 12:39 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:39:27 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.49 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 106 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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