A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 178 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (111 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 153.8781 East, latitude -6.4132 South, depth = 64.66 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 12:32:50 / December 19, 2016 @ 12:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.66 km (40 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:32:50 / 10:32 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007rcw. Unique identifier: us10007rcw.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 178 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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