A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Friday. Unique identifier: us7000qxas. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qxas. The temblor was detected at 13:24:29 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 149.469 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 19/09/25 / 2025-09-19 13:24:29 / September 19, 2025 @ 1:24 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 155.1454° East, -6.3615° South, depth 149.469 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop).
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. 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 fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 37 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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