A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 15:23:39 / January 8, 2025 @ 3:23 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000pil3. Event ids that are associated: us6000pil3. The temblor was reported at 15:23:39 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 147.3508 East, latitude -6.5308 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 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 two and in the last 365 days fifty-nine 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 44 km ENE of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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