A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. Exact location, longitude 146.0565° East, latitude -5.4288° South, depth = 59.026 km. Event id: us6000qwvk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qwvk. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/25 / 2025-07-31 08:18:36 / July 31, 2025 @ 8:18 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:18:36 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 59.026 km (37 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kainantu, Madang (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 37 km SE of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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