A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 119 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (74 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 15:43:57 / December 20, 2016 @ 3:43 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:43:57 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10007rfn. Event ids that are associated: us10007rfn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 153.4163° East, -5.4722° South.
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 one hundred and three, in the past 30 days one hundred and five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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