A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 94 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (58 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:07:36 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 151.8667 East, latitude -5.0967 South, depth = 111.238 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/02/25 / 2025-02-22 23:07:36 / February 22, 2025 @ 11:07 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000pwmp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pwmp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.238 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 94 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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