A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 125 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (78 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:53:48 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.756 East, latitude -5.5676 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 00:53:48 / December 20, 2016 @ 12:53 am. Id of earthquake: us10007reh. Event ids that are associated: us10007reh. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 125 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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