A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 187 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (116 miles) on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 09:25:19 / April 5, 2025 @ 9:25 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.6006° East, -6.4119° South. The temblor was reported at 09:25:19 / 9:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6hx. Unique identifier: us6000q6hx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-nine, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 187 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.

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