A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter was at a depth of 32.54 km (20 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qwk7. Id of event: us6000qwk7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:47:56 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/07/25 / 2025-07-17 01:47:56 / July 17, 2025 @ 1:47 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.1118 East, latitude -3.1872 South, depth = 32.54 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayapura, Abepura, Vanimo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 59 km SSW of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea.
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