A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kieta in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. 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: us6000rvst. Id of event: us6000rvst. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/25 / 2025-12-02 16:36:09 / December 2, 2025 @ 4:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 16:36:09 / 4:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 175.202 km (109 miles). Exact location, longitude 155.7736° East, latitude -6.5701° South, depth = 175.202 km.

Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 42 km SSE of Kieta, Papua New Guinea.

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