A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/25 / 2025-04-24 11:44:07 / April 24, 2025 @ 11:44 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000puqc. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000puqc. Exact location of earthquake, 147.4172° East, -6.2762° South, depth 104.22 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 104.22 km (65 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:44:07 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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