Major earthquake 7.2 mag, 174 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

A major earthquake magnitude 7.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 174 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (108 miles). The 7.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:04:41 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.587 East, latitude -6.178 South, depth = 33 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 20:04:41 / April 4, 2025 @ 8:04 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kimbe in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Unique identifier: pt25094051. Ids that are associated to the event: pt25094051.

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. Each year there are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	151.587° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.178° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	174 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-04 20:04:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-04 20:17:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	REVIEWED	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	1	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	798	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	7	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	93.599992512001	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt25094051	Id of event.
Event Code	25094051	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25094051,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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