A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 154 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (96 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:33:13 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 13:33:13 / December 20, 2016 @ 1:33 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10007rff. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rff. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.1051 East, latitude -6.5346 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 154 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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