A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 74 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea (46 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/12/16 / 2016-12-26 12:27:14 / December 26, 2016 @ 12:27 pm. Event id: us10007t23. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007t23. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.7 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 153.6999° East, latitude -4.3669° South, depth = 113.7 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:27:14 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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