A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Tari in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Global time and date of event 17/07/25 / 2025-07-17 11:25:52 / July 17, 2025 @ 11:25 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000qd6x. Event ids that are associated: us7000qd6x. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:25:52 / 11:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 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, longitude 142.6605° East, latitude -6.0813° South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari. Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km SW of Tari, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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