A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 138 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (86 miles) on Thursday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:37:30 / 8:37 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 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/17 / 2017-12-06 22:37:30 / December 6, 2017 @ 10:37 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 153.428° East, -5.6543° South, depth 10 km. Event id: us2000c3vt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c3vt.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 138 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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