A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 148 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea (92 miles) on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rgd. Id of event: us10007rgd. Exact location, longitude 154.332° East, latitude -5.6302° South, depth = 121.3 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:06:12 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 23:06:12 / December 20, 2016 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121.3 km (75 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 148 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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