A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/10/25 / 2025-10-14 21:58:02 / October 14, 2025 @ 9:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:58:02 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 58.54 km, 146.5762° East, -6.2895° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.54 km (36 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rh6y. Event ids that are associated: us6000rh6y.
The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kainantu, Lae (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km NW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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