A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 206 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (128 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000qwxr. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qwxr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:24:17 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/08/25 / 2025-08-23 13:24:17 / August 23, 2025 @ 1:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 153.6281° East, -6.1107° South, depth 10 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 206 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.

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