A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/25 / 2025-06-06 13:11:05 / June 6, 2025 @ 1:11 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 49.747 km (31 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.3571 East, latitude -7.0257 South, depth = 49.747 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:11:05 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000qlgy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qlgy.
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bulolo, Wau, Lae.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 52 km SE of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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