A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 129 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea (80 miles). Exact location, longitude 153.1244° East, latitude -5.6313° South, depth = 37.39 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:05:48 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 37.39 km (23 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/12/16 / 2016-12-22 08:05:48 / December 22, 2016 @ 8:05 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007rpe. Unique identifier: us10007rpe.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days seventy-two, in the past 30 days seventy-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 129 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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