A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 161 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (100 miles) on Sunday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:10:09 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 10:10:09 / December 18, 2016 @ 10:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 153.6151 East, latitude -5.8081 South, depth = 90.09 km. Unique identifier: us10007puj. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007puj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 90.09 km (56 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-five, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 161 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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