A earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 11:05:17 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 146.767° East, -6.7837° South, depth 99.435 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 99.435 km (62 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Lae in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25280001, at00t3rdgt, us6000rfb2. Id of event: us6000rfb2. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 11:05:17 / October 7, 2025 @ 11:05 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kainantu, Wau, Bulolo.

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km WSW of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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