A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 84 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (52 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108.52 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 153.7489° East, latitude -4.7321° South, depth = 108.52 km. Event id: us10007rd7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rd7. 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: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 15:25:46 / December 19, 2016 @ 3:25 pm. The temblor was detected at 01:25:46 / 1:25 am (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 thirty-seven, in the last 10 days sixty-eight, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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