A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Wewak in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 04:22:20 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/02/25 / 2025-02-11 04:22:20 / February 11, 2025 @ 4:22 am. Exact location of event, longitude 143.1297 East, latitude -3.1558 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pes6. Unique identifier: us7000pes6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Aitape (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aitape, Wewak (min 5000 pop).
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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km NW of Wewak, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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