A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/04/25 / 2025-04-10 10:54:36 / April 10, 2025 @ 10:54 am. Exact location of event, longitude 150.7798 East, latitude -6.1568 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000q53n. Event ids that are associated: us6000q53n. The temblor was picked up at 10:54:36 / 10:54 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 98 km (61 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 97 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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