A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ambunti in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 82.8 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 143.129° East, -3.9632° South, depth 82.8 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:29:54 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 08:29:54 / August 28, 2025 @ 8:29 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qrid. Id of event: us7000qrid.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wewak (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (44 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km NE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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