A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145.206 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000q1le. Event ids that are associated: us7000q1le. Exact location of event, longitude 146.4152 East, latitude -5.404 South, depth = 145.206 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:33:20 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/05/25 / 2025-05-11 03:33:20 / May 11, 2025 @ 3:33 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km ESE of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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