A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:50:34 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.9104 East, latitude -5.9522 South, depth = 102.019 km. Unique identifier: us6000quph. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000quph. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102.019 km (63 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/25 / 2025-07-13 04:50:34 / July 13, 2025 @ 4:50 am.
Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae. 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 85 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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