A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 138 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (86 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:03:10 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 15:03:10 / April 5, 2025 @ 3:03 pm. Unique identifier: us6000q49j. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q49j. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.2045° East, -6.2079° South.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 138 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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