A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 155.7577° East, -6.9975° South, depth 39.19 km. Unique identifier: us7000qw48. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qw48. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/09/25 / 2025-09-14 05:17:58 / September 14, 2025 @ 5:17 am. The temblor was reported at 05:17:58 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.19 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 81 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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