A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 277 km NNE of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea (172 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/12/16 / 2016-12-25 01:46:42 / December 25, 2016 @ 1:46 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:46:42 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 332.76 km (207 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007ml3. Unique identifier: us10007ml3. Exact location of event, longitude 153.1805 East, latitude -1.2681 South, depth = 332.76 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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