A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 62 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (39 miles) on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 147.58 km (92 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 11:44:52 / December 19, 2016 @ 11:44 am. Id of earthquake: us10007rcv. Event ids that are associated: us10007rcv. The temblor was reported at 21:44:52 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 153.5834° East, latitude -4.5899° South, depth = 147.58 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 62 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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