A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was reported at 21:14:03 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/16 / 2016-12-25 11:14:03 / December 25, 2016 @ 11:14 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 152.7285 East, latitude -4.7098 South, depth = 119.6 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 119.6 km (74 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007stq. Unique identifier: us10007stq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 43 km SW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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