A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, longitude 145.9115 East, latitude -5.7577 South, depth = 81.733 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000py5b. Id of event: us6000py5b. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 81.733 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 01:28:29 / March 2, 2025 @ 1:28 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:28:29 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Madang, Kainantu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 58 km N of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.
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