A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 125 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (78 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 153.4186° East, latitude -5.5376° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:00:49 / 7:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us70006x3p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006x3p. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/19 / 2019-12-23 21:00:49 / December 23, 2019 @ 9:00 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 125 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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