A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Wau in Papua New Guinea on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:13:50 / 6:13 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 18:13:50 / August 22, 2025 @ 6:13 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105.648 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000qwqv. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qwqv. Exact location of earthquake, 147.3831° East, -7.6539° South, depth 105.648 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wau. Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km ESE of Wau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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