A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qcau. Unique identifier: us7000qcau. The temblor was detected at 18:09:05 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/07/25 / 2025-07-12 18:09:05 / July 12, 2025 @ 6:09 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108.915 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 146.3723 East, latitude -5.965 South, depth = 108.915 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kainantu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 66 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.
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