Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Kimbe in Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 149.611 East, latitude -5.0585 South, depth = 392.29 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 392.29 km (244 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/25 / 2025-12-10 08:10:23 / December 10, 2025 @ 8:10 am. Id of earthquake: us6000rtuj. Event ids that are associated: us6000rtuj. The temblor was reported at 08:10:23 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 79 km NW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	149.611° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.0585° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	392.29 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	79 km NW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-12-10 08:10:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-10 10:27:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	298	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	41	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.686	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.56 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	55	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rtuj	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rtuj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rtuj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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