A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Popondetta in Papua New Guinea on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.169 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.0001 East, latitude -8.57 South, depth = 10.169 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 18:53:55 / January 17, 2025 @ 6:53 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000pkt1. Event ids that are associated: us6000pkt1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:53:55 / 6:53 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Popondetta (c. 28 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Popondetta.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 87 km ENE of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea.
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