A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 166 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (103 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000q47u. Event ids that are associated: us6000q47u. Exact location of event, longitude 151.4955 East, latitude -6.2068 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:04:40 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 09:04:40 / April 5, 2025 @ 9:04 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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