A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 130 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (81 miles). Exact location of event, depth 73.28 km, 153.9836° East, -5.1683° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.28 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:42:06 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 23:42:06 / December 17, 2016 @ 11:42 pm. Unique identifier: us10007psb. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007psb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-six, in the last 10 days eighty-nine, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 130 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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