A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 172 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (107 miles). Unique identifier: us6000q6s5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6s5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.4611 East, latitude -6.3802 South, depth = 42.894 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:57:53 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 14:57:53 / April 6, 2025 @ 2:57 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.894 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 172 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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