A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.275 km (84 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:12:29 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 149.5503° East, -5.9028° South, depth 135.275 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkin. Unique identifier: us7000rkin. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/25 / 2025-12-24 03:12:29 / December 24, 2025 @ 3:12 am.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe. Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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