A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Kavieng in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pxgq. Unique identifier: us6000pxgq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 14:02:06 / February 28, 2025 @ 2:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.5107 East, latitude -1.9067 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:02:06 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Kavieng (c. 14 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kavieng (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km NNW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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