A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 150.6657 East, latitude -5.9266 South, depth = 41.686 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:15:16 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.686 km (26 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/04/24 / 2024-04-25 09:15:16 / April 25, 2024 @ 9:15 am. Unique identifier: us6000mw0g. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mw0g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 71 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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