A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 86 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea (53 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/12/16 / 2016-12-25 11:58:23 / December 25, 2016 @ 11:58 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007sts. Id of event: us10007sts. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 85.88 km (53 miles). Exact location, longitude 153.8084° East, latitude -4.3876° South, depth = 85.88 km. The temblor was detected at 21:58:23 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 86 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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