A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 97 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (60 miles). Event id: us7000qxk6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxk6. Exact location of event, depth 95.225 km, 155.8194° East, -7.1365° South. The temblor was detected at 14:06:44 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 14:06:44 / September 20, 2025 @ 2:06 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 95.225 km (59 miles). 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 97 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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