A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea on Friday. Exact location, longitude 150.3531° East, latitude -6.2969° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:25:54 / 6:25 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q5gv. Id of event: us6000q5gv. The earthquake occurred 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). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/04/25 / 2025-04-11 18:25:54 / April 11, 2025 @ 6:25 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe. Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 85 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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