A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter was at a depth of 71.246 km (44 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 147.6026° East, -6.9039° South, depth 71.246 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:17:25 / 12:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/06/25 / 2025-06-02 00:17:25 / June 2, 2025 @ 12:17 am. Event id: us6000qhbp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qhbp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. Each 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 46 km SW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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