A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rggv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rggv. The epicenter was at a depth of 124.578 km (77 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:39:54 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 145.723° East, -6.3108° South, depth 124.578 km. Global time and date of event 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 23:39:54 / October 10, 2025 @ 11:39 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kundiawa (c. 9 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kundiawa, Goroka, Kainantu. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 15 km W of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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