A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Lorengau in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/07/25 / 2025-07-09 01:23:47 / July 9, 2025 @ 1:23 am. The temblor was detected at 01:23:47 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.3627 East, latitude -2.8575 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000qtwg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qtwg.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lorengau (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Lorengau (c. 5 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 91 km S of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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