A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 76 km ENE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (47 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 10:56:53 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007rbr. Unique identifier: us10007rbr. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 00:56:53 / December 19, 2016 @ 12:56 am. Exact location, longitude 153.6991° East, latitude -4.2821° South, depth = 118.93 km. 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 118.93 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km ENE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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