A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 149 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea (93 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007pun. Unique identifier: us10007pun. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 11:05:49 / December 18, 2016 @ 11:05 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 94.11 km (58 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:05:49 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 94.11 km, 154.3766° East, -4.3993° South.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days fifty 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 149 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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