A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.804 East, latitude -5.2274 South, depth = 213.057 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000puxh. Unique identifier: us7000puxh. Global time and date of event 25/04/25 / 2025-04-25 00:52:50 / April 25, 2025 @ 12:52 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 213.057 km (132 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:52:50 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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