A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 140 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (87 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:54:52 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.22 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 02:54:52 / December 19, 2016 @ 2:54 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10007rcg. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007rcg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 34.22 km, 153.6407° East, -5.5857° South.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 140 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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