A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 172 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (107 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007t5c. Id of event: us10007t5c. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 22:43:30 / December 27, 2016 @ 10:43 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:43:30 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.0097 East, latitude -5.8083 South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 172 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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