A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/06/25 / 2025-06-06 16:58:23 / June 6, 2025 @ 4:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.254 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 16:58:23 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000qig9. Event ids that are associated: us6000qig9. Exact location of earthquake, 151.6792° East, -4.9291° South, depth 91.254 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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