A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 128 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (80 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.7836 East, latitude -5.3518 South, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us10008im3. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008im3. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:42:59 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/04/17 / 2017-04-10 21:42:59 / April 10, 2017 @ 9:42 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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