A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 50 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea (31 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.17 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007rdl. Unique identifier: us10007rdl. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 21:13:10 / December 19, 2016 @ 9:13 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:13:10 / 7:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 153.4912° East, latitude -4.4645° South, depth = 114.17 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 50 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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