Strong earthquake, 6.6 mag has occurred near Lae in Papua New Guinea

A earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 11:05:17 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 146.767° East, -6.7837° South, depth 99.435 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 99.435 km (62 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Lae in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25280001, at00t3rdgt, us6000rfb2. Id of event: us6000rfb2. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 11:05:17 / October 7, 2025 @ 11:05 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kainantu, Wau, Bulolo.

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km WSW of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Bulolo Kainantu Lae Papua New Guinea Wau

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	146.767° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.7837° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	99.435 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26 km WSW 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	2025-10-07 11:05:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-07 11:26:16	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	18	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6.5	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	1	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	682	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	,pt,at,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	66	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.747	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	38	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rfb2	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rfb2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25280001,at00t3rdgt,us6000rfb2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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