A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/01/25 / 2025-01-22 08:46:21 / January 22, 2025 @ 8:46 am. Unique identifier: us6000pljz. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pljz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.591 km (36 miles). Exact location, longitude 150.194° East, latitude -6.0087° South, depth = 57.591 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:46:21 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe. Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
Did you feel the quake?
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. 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: 51 km S of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply