A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 07:11:14 / 7:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 146.7604 East, latitude -6.2272 South, depth = 100.126 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/04/25 / 2025-04-29 07:11:14 / April 29, 2025 @ 7:11 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100.126 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000pvqv. Event ids that are associated: us7000pvqv.
Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kainantu, Lae. 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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