A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 187 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (116 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 151.6358° East, -6.3376° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6ib. Unique identifier: us6000q6ib. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:46:06 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 11:46:06 / April 5, 2025 @ 11:46 am.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-two, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 187 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.

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