A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/05/25 / 2025-05-10 21:18:02 / May 10, 2025 @ 9:18 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000q1ki. Event ids that are associated: us7000q1ki. The temblor was picked up at 21:18:02 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 150.368° East, -5.6092° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe.

Every 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 26 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.

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