A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 108 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (67 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007psr. Unique identifier: us10007psr. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 09:34:33 / 9:34 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 23:34:33 / December 17, 2016 @ 11:34 pm. Exact location, longitude 154.594° East, latitude -6.7229° South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-seven, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 108 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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