A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 101 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (63 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 55.2 km (34 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000bjxd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bjxd. Exact location, longitude 153.8759° East, latitude -4.8128° South, depth = 55.2 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:25:29 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/11/17 / 2017-11-25 14:25:29 / November 25, 2017 @ 2:25 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 101 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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