Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 45 km NE of Lae, Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Unique identifier: us7000qsr9. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qsr9. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:16:06 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.157 km (46 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 08:16:06 / August 31, 2025 @ 8:16 am. Exact location, longitude 147.3125° East, latitude -6.458° South, depth = 74.157 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 45 km NE of Lae, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	147.3125° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.458° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	74.157 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45 km NE of Lae, 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	2025-08-31 08:16:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-31 08:46:44	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	369	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	44	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.931	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	66	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	us7000qsr9	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qsr9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qsr9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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