A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 139 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (86 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007red. Unique identifier: us10007red. 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: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 15:27:00 / December 19, 2016 @ 3:27 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 109.18 km (68 miles). Exact location of event, depth 109.18 km, 154.1011° East, -5.1274° South. The temblor was detected at 01:27:00 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 139 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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