A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 76 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (47 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.09 km (1 miles). Id of earthquake: us10007pva. Event ids that are associated: us10007pva. The temblor was detected at 19:47:35 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 153.2276° East, latitude -5.1289° South, depth = 2.09 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 09:47:35 / December 18, 2016 @ 9:47 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Taron in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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