A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 142 km ENE of Samarai, Papua New Guinea (88 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:27:58 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/05/25 / 2025-05-08 14:27:58 / May 8, 2025 @ 2:27 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000pxyd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pxyd. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.944 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 151.7765 East, latitude -9.9415 South, depth = 37.944 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 142 km ENE of Samarai, Papua New Guinea.

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