A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 185 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (115 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:39:57 / 12:39 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10007th6. Event ids that are associated: us10007th6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 02:39:57 / December 28, 2016 @ 2:39 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 153.5755° East, -6.0502° South.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 eight, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 185 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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