A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pk6n. Unique identifier: us6000pk6n. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 06:12:34 / January 3, 2025 @ 6:12 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.539 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 154.9835° East, -6.7711° South, depth 9.539 km. The temblor was detected at 06:12:34 / 6:12 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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 quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 74 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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