A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 115 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (71 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:10:41 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007puu. Unique identifier: us10007puu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.4733 East, latitude -6.0513 South, depth = 73.2 km. 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: 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 12:10:41 / December 18, 2016 @ 12:10 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.2 km (45 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days seventy-eight, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 115 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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