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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Madang in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on December 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -4.8851S, 145.6242WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000rfpw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rfpw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 138.165 km (86 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:39:54 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/25 / 2025-12-05 04:39:54 / December 5, 2025 @ 4:39 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.6242 East, latitude -4.8851 South, depth = 138.165 km.

Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madang. Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 41 km NNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.6242° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.8851° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 138.165 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km NNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-05 04:39:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-05 05:01:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.741 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000rfpw Id of event.
Event Code 7000rfpw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rfpw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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