A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 112 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (70 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:24:59 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000qhfw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qhfw. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/25 / 2025-05-18 11:24:59 / May 18, 2025 @ 11:24 am. Exact location of event, longitude 155.784 East, latitude -7.2902 South, depth = 10 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. 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: 112 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.

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