A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 146 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (91 miles). Unique identifier: us200081la. Ids that are associated to the event: us200081la. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:45:45 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 22:45:45 / December 10, 2016 @ 10:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.45 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 153.5118 East, latitude -5.7012 South, depth = 11.45 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy, in the last 10 days seventy-one, in the past 30 days seventy-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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