A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/04/25 / 2025-04-07 21:41:03 / April 7, 2025 @ 9:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 152.3272° East, -3.757° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:41:03 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000q6tt. Event ids that are associated: us6000q6tt.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 52 km NNE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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