Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Ialibu in Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Ialibu in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:20:59 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rw8c. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rw8c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.89 km (19 miles). Global time and date of event 20/12/25 / 2025-12-20 21:20:59 / December 20, 2025 @ 9:20 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 143.6982° East, -6.5413° South, depth 29.89 km.

Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ialibu, Mendi (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km SW of Ialibu, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	143.6982° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.5413° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29.89 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43 km SW of Ialibu, 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	2025-12-20 21:20:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-21 00:04:47	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	284	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	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.132	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.85 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	107	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	us6000rw8c	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rw8c	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rw8c,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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