A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 194 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (121 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 153.7178 East, latitude -6.084 South, depth = 9.74 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.74 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000821r. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000821r. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 20:25:40 / December 17, 2016 @ 8:25 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:25:40 / 6:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and two, in the last 10 days one hundred and four, in the past 30 days one hundred and six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 194 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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