A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 45.839 km, 147.6047° East, -6.1474° South. Unique identifier: us6000pjhh. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjhh. The temblor was reported at 00:47:12 / 12:47 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 00:47:12 / January 12, 2025 @ 12:47 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.839 km (28 miles).
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 Lae. Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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