A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Alotau in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, 150.5605° East, -9.7982° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/25 / 2025-06-13 22:20:46 / June 13, 2025 @ 10:20 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q948. Id of event: us7000q948. The temblor was picked up at 22:20:46 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alotau (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Alotau (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 58 km N of Alotau, Papua New Guinea.
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