A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 130 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (81 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:43:35 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 153.5571° East, -5.5216° South, depth 45.69 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 04:43:35 / December 19, 2016 @ 4:43 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rc3. Id of event: us10007rc3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.69 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days seventy-one, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 130 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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