A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:58:50 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rcuy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rcuy. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.4381 East, latitude -6.8777 South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/09/25 / 2025-09-01 19:58:50 / September 1, 2025 @ 7:58 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-four 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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