A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Alotau in Papua New Guinea. Unique identifier: us6000rpbs. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rpbs. The temblor was detected at 11:37:31 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 11:37:31 / November 20, 2025 @ 11:37 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 150.665° East, -9.7528° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Alotau (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alotau (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 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: 66 km NNE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea.
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