A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 207 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (129 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:47:27 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.1174 East, latitude -6.2091 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 08/04/25 / 2025-04-08 16:47:27 / April 8, 2025 @ 4:47 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000pu98. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pu98. The epicenter was 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).

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

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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: 207 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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