A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea. Unique identifier: us6000rh1x. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rh1x. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:33:15 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/10/25 / 2025-10-14 12:33:15 / October 14, 2025 @ 12:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 150.1009 East, latitude -6.3123 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearby 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.
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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-nine 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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