A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/25 / 2025-12-09 03:33:14 / December 9, 2025 @ 3:33 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:33:14 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.874 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000rtk4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rtk4. Exact location of earthquake, 147.3741° East, -6.2558° South, depth 64.874 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae. The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 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 six and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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