A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/06/25 / 2025-06-07 04:44:12 / June 7, 2025 @ 4:44 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 77.396 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000qimd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qimd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 155.7367 East, latitude -7.0316 South, depth = 77.396 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:44:12 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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