A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 199 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (124 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 151.7778 East, latitude -6.2889 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:19:52 / 4:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 16:19:52 / April 23, 2025 @ 4:19 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000py7f. Event ids that are associated: us7000py7f.
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 eleven, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 199 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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