A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 159 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (99 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 152.246° East, -5.7883° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 19:25:48 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pxiz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pxiz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/04/25 / 2025-04-20 19:25:48 / April 20, 2025 @ 7:25 pm UTC/GMT.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 159 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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