A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 163 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (101 miles). Event id: us6000q68q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q68q. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.4874° East, -6.1444° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:37:23 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 20:37:23 / April 4, 2025 @ 8:37 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 163 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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