A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 198 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (123 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 13:20:35 / December 18, 2016 @ 1:20 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007pv4. Unique identifier: us10007pv4. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:20:35 / 11:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.6873 East, latitude -6.3668 South, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and two, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 198 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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