A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 115 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (71 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pmus. Unique identifier: us7000pmus. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/03/25 / 2025-03-26 17:49:24 / March 26, 2025 @ 5:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:49:24 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 154.4702° East, -6.0685° South, depth 445.525 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 445.525 km (277 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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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: 115 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.

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