A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/03/25 / 2025-03-23 06:56:10 / March 23, 2025 @ 6:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 151.6327 East, latitude -4.4343 South, depth = 233.667 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ppgn. Id of event: us7000ppgn. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:56:10 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 233.667 km (145 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-eight 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.
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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: 64 km WSW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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