A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 200 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (124 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:33:02 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.9468 East, latitude -6.1264 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000q6sa. Event ids that are associated: us6000q6sa. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 19:33:02 / April 6, 2025 @ 7:33 pm.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 200 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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