A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 138 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea (86 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 11:23:25 / December 19, 2016 @ 11:23 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.11 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007re7. Unique identifier: us10007re7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:23:25 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 154.4301° East, latitude -5.6239° South, depth = 115.11 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 138 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea.
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