A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qk0m. Id of event: us6000qk0m. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/25 / 2025-06-13 03:30:41 / June 13, 2025 @ 3:30 am. The temblor was reported at 03:30:41 / 3:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.326 East, latitude -5.9821 South, depth = 107.229 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.229 km (67 miles).
The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kainantu (min 5000 pop). 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 61 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.
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