A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.13 km (27 miles). Global time and date of event 02/04/25 / 2025-04-02 04:54:52 / April 2, 2025 @ 4:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.9787 East, latitude -6.2243 South, depth = 44.13 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:54:52 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000q5fa. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q5fa.
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km E of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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