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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Wabag in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.0038S, 144.2892WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Wabag in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 10:57:15 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/06/25 / 2025-06-19 10:57:15 / June 19, 2025 @ 10:57 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.934 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qa7w. Id of event: us7000qa7w. Exact location of event, longitude 144.2892 East, latitude -5.0038 South, depth = 91.934 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wabag. Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each 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. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km NE of Wabag, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.2892° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.0038° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 91.934 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km NE of Wabag, Papua New Guinea Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-19 10:57:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-17 11:57:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.349 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qa7w Id of event.
Event Code 7000qa7w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qa7w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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