A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was reported at 20:12:53 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 20:12:53 / April 4, 2025 @ 8:12 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000q68w. Event ids that are associated: us6000q68w. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.999 East, latitude -5.8936 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 102 km (63 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 102 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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