A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 211 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (131 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rklt. Unique identifier: us6000rklt. Exact location of event, longitude 149.0342 East, latitude -3.3009 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:51:46 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 05:51:46 / October 10, 2025 @ 5:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 211 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.

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