A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 41 km NE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (25 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/12/16 / 2016-12-21 00:44:01 / December 21, 2016 @ 12:44 am. Unique identifier: us10007rl8. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007rl8. The temblor was reported at 10:44:01 / 10:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.85 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 153.3173° East, latitude -4.2294° South, depth = 129.85 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days seventy-five 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: 41 km NE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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