A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 132 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (82 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35.43 km, 153.4442° East, -5.5958° South. Id of earthquake: us10007prv. Event ids that are associated: us10007prv. The temblor was reported at 07:09:04 / 7:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.43 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 21:09:04 / December 17, 2016 @ 9:09 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-seven, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 132 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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