A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 100 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (62 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.95 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10007t4e. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007t4e. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:11:54 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 07:11:54 / December 27, 2016 @ 7:11 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.549 East, latitude -5.2335 South, depth = 114.95 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and one 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.
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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: 100 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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