A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 149 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea (93 miles). Unique identifier: us10007sbv. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007sbv. Exact location of earthquake, 153.2759° East, -5.7984° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:54:58 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/12/16 / 2016-12-23 13:54:58 / December 23, 2016 @ 1:54 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 149 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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