A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 161 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (100 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 03:14:56 / April 5, 2025 @ 3:14 am. Event id: us6000q6h6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q6h6. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:14:56 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). 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 location of event, longitude 151.4759 East, latitude -6.1258 South, depth = 10 km.
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 seventy-six, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 161 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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