A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Angoram in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was picked up at 08:09:58 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/25 / 2025-02-14 08:09:58 / February 14, 2025 @ 8:09 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pdks. Id of event: us7000pdks. Exact location of event, depth 116.38 km, 143.7281° East, -4.3774° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.38 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wewak (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 51 km SW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea.
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