A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdyv. Unique identifier: us7000pdyv. Exact location of event, longitude 145.5005 East, latitude -5.1747 South, depth = 107.17 km. The temblor was detected at 11:56:05 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 11:56:05 / February 15, 2025 @ 11:56 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 107.17 km (67 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Madang (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 32 km W of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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