A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 128 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (80 miles). Global time and date of event 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 21:20:15 / August 17, 2025 @ 9:20 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.9243 East, latitude -3.1377 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1ru. Id of event: us6000r1ru. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:20:15 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 128 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.

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