A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007pu2. Id of event: us10007pu2. The temblor was reported at 12:37:43 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 01:37:43 / December 18, 2016 @ 1:37 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.49 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 154.747 East, latitude -6.1207 South, depth = 55.49 km.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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