A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Tari in Papua New Guinea. Id of earthquake: us7000pzl7. Event ids that are associated: us7000pzl7. The temblor was detected at 21:41:58 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 143.1208° East, latitude -6.2195° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 01/05/25 / 2025-05-01 21:41:58 / May 1, 2025 @ 9:41 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendi, Tari. Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km SSE of Tari, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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