A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 220 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (137 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 152.7488° East, -6.276° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:35:13 / 7:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/09/25 / 2025-09-12 19:35:13 / September 12, 2025 @ 7:35 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rell. Id of event: us6000rell. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 220 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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