A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126.205 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/25 / 2025-06-23 09:18:40 / June 23, 2025 @ 9:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 145.8831° East, -6.1616° South, depth 126.205 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:18:40 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qapi. Unique identifier: us7000qapi.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Goroka, Kainantu (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km N of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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