A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.2903 East, latitude -5.707 South, depth = 42.073 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:25:50 / 2:25 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000qwka. Event ids that are associated: us6000qwka. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.073 km (26 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/25 / 2025-07-17 02:25:50 / July 17, 2025 @ 2:25 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kainantu, Madang. Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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: 77 km SE of Madang, Papua New Guinea.

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