A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 91 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (57 miles) on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 03:24:33 / December 19, 2016 @ 3:24 am. Id of earthquake: us10007rbz. Event ids that are associated: us10007rbz. The temblor was reported at 13:24:33 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.31 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.6924 East, latitude -6.546 South, depth = 49.31 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
How would you describe the shaking?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 91 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply