A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 51 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea (32 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: us1000bt55. Id of event: us1000bt55. Global time and date of event 12/12/17 / 2017-12-12 11:12:23 / December 12, 2017 @ 11:12 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.4913 East, latitude -4.3852 South, depth = 96.46 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.46 km (60 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:12:23 / 9:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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