A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 200 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (124 miles). Global time and date of event 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 21:03:36 / April 4, 2025 @ 9:03 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 151.7372 East, latitude -6.3977 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q675. Unique identifier: us6000q675. The epicenter was 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). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:03:36 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 200 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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