A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 76 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea (47 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 08:11:03 / December 20, 2016 @ 8:11 am. The temblor was reported at 18:11:03 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007rf7. Event ids that are associated: us10007rf7. The epicenter was at a depth of 94.37 km (59 miles). Exact location, longitude 153.7112° East, latitude -4.5647° South, depth = 94.37 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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