A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.778 km (41 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:14:23 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000qr2f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qr2f. Exact location of event, longitude 146.8916 East, latitude -6.5736 South, depth = 65.778 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/08/25 / 2025-08-03 07:14:23 / August 3, 2025 @ 7:14 am.

Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wau, Bulolo, Lae. Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 20 km NW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.

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