A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 106 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (66 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 152.7504° East, -5.1711° South. Event id: us6000rlyh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rlyh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 14:22:56 / October 17, 2025 @ 2:22 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:22:56 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 106 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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