A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.783 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 146.5585° East, -5.8666° South, depth 110.783 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:19:03 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rdku. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rdku. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/25 / 2025-09-29 15:19:03 / September 29, 2025 @ 3:19 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kainantu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 89 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.
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