A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 134 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (83 miles) on Monday. Global time and date of event 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 03:55:51 / December 19, 2016 @ 3:55 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10007rdz. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007rdz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 153.796° East, -5.4078° South, depth 35 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:55:51 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 134 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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