A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 106 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (66 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.86 km (70 miles). Id of earthquake: us10007pw2. Event ids that are associated: us10007pw2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 14:39:48 / December 18, 2016 @ 2:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.8893 East, latitude -4.8958 South, depth = 112.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:39:48 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 106 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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