A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 131 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (81 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 75.624 km (47 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 154.8776° East, -7.3344° South, depth 75.624 km. Id of earthquake: us7000qbav. Event ids that are associated: us7000qbav. Global time and date of event 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 08:43:14 / July 8, 2025 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:43:14 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 131 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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