A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. Exact location, longitude 147.6422° East, latitude -6.3206° South, depth = 62.335 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/25 / 2025-12-27 08:18:17 / December 27, 2025 @ 8:18 am UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:18:17 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.335 km (39 miles). Unique identifier: us7000rl18. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rl18.

Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.

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