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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 70 km WSW of Tari, Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.1853S, 142.4059WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Tari in Papua New Guinea on Friday. Event id: us6000qv4w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qv4w. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.304 km (26 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 142.4059 East, latitude -6.1853 South, depth = 42.304 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:46:30 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/25 / 2025-07-25 15:46:30 / July 25, 2025 @ 3:46 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 70 km WSW of Tari, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.4059° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.1853° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.304 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km WSW of Tari, 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 2025-07-25 15:46:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-25 16:04:36 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 354 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.969 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us6000qv4w Id of event.
Event Code 6000qv4w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qv4w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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