A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 211 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (131 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rklw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rklw. The temblor was reported at 06:17:26 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 149.0769° East, -3.3941° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 06:17:26 / October 10, 2025 @ 6:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 211 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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