A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 95 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (59 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:59:40 / 7:59 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: us10007pwr. Event ids that are associated: us10007pwr. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.07 km (21 miles). Global time and date of event 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 09:59:40 / December 18, 2016 @ 9:59 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 34.07 km, 154.7313° East, -6.7305° South.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 95 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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