A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Global time and date of event 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 12:10:26 / October 7, 2025 @ 12:10 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rk6u. Unique identifier: us6000rk6u. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:10:26 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 146.8437° East, latitude -6.4239° South, depth = 47.489 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.489 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bulolo, Lae (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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