A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 195 km N of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (121 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 15:38:28 / September 20, 2025 @ 3:38 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgx1. Id of event: us6000rgx1. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.5514 East, latitude -0.8249 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 15:38:28 / 3:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 195 km N of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.

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