A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 186 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (116 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q49l. Unique identifier: us6000q49l. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 151.6072° East, latitude -6.3817° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 15:14:08 / April 5, 2025 @ 3:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:14:08 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. 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: 186 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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