A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 84 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (52 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10007pvu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007pvu. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:58:01 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.87 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 153.7733 East, latitude -4.6636 South, depth = 107.87 km. Global time and date of event 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 14:58:01 / December 18, 2016 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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