A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.5576° East, -3.6257° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:15:10 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rj8u. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rj8u. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 20:15:10 / October 5, 2025 @ 8:15 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 92 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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