A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 105 km NW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea (65 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 106.52 km, 154.802° East, -5.6122° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/19 / 2019-12-24 16:35:58 / December 24, 2019 @ 4:35 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70006x5b. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006x5b. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.52 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:35:58 / 3:35 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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: 105 km NW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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