A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/03/25 / 2025-03-13 03:32:23 / March 13, 2025 @ 3:32 am. Exact location of earthquake, 147.5023° East, -6.4689° South, depth 41.217 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 41.217 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:32:23 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000plmh. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000plmh.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 39 km WNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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