A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 168.325 km (105 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.976 East, latitude -6.2578 South, depth = 168.325 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/12/25 / 2025-12-02 01:56:30 / December 2, 2025 @ 1:56 am. The temblor was detected at 01:56:30 / 1:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rf08. Unique identifier: us7000rf08.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 56 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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