A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. Exact location, longitude 152.9095° East, latitude -4.1222° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:41:54 / 9:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qz2d. Id of event: us6000qz2d. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/25 / 2025-08-08 09:41:54 / August 8, 2025 @ 9:41 am.

Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 75 km ENE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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