A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 7 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (4 miles). Unique identifier: us6000q6wz. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6wz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/25 / 2025-04-17 23:27:23 / April 17, 2025 @ 11:27 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.543 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 149.4964 East, latitude -6.1575 South, depth = 59.543 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:27:23 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-two 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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