A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Kieta in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qbll. Unique identifier: us7000qbll. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:40:55 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/25 / 2025-06-28 19:40:55 / June 28, 2025 @ 7:40 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 130.714 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 156.0666 East, latitude -6.7896 South, depth = 130.714 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km SE of Kieta, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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