A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 167 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (104 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 151.5547° East, -6.0806° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 12:55:18 / 12:55 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000q4qu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q4qu. Global time and date of event 08/04/25 / 2025-04-08 12:55:18 / April 8, 2025 @ 12:55 pm UTC/GMT.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 167 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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