A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/25 / 2025-10-29 23:55:11 / October 29, 2025 @ 11:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.416 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:55:11 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 154.8856° East, latitude -6.2207° South, depth = 135.416 km. Event id: us6000rp64. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rp64. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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. 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: 67 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.

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