A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 192 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (119 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 153.7562 East, latitude -6.1662 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q4vp. Id of event: us6000q4vp. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/04/25 / 2025-04-08 20:53:15 / April 8, 2025 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:53:15 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 192 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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