A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Kundiawa in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 02:26:36 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pvia. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pvia. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 02:26:36 / February 26, 2025 @ 2:26 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 125.421 km (78 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 125.421 km, 145.0195° East, -6.0392° South.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mount Hagen, Goroka, Kundiawa. Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Mount Hagen (c. 33 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Kundiawa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km ESE of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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