A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/03/25 / 2025-03-12 15:49:47 / March 12, 2025 @ 3:49 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 136.834 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 15:49:47 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.9347 East, latitude -6.4144 South, depth = 136.834 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pycq. Unique identifier: us6000pycq.
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Kainantu (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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 15 km SSE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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