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Time2025-04-30 11:51:44 UTC2025-04-30 11:51:44 UTC at epicenterLocation5.572°S 150.973°EDepth80.72 km (50.15 mi)
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Wed, 30 Apr 2025, 12:01 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Just 8 minutes ago, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Kimbe, Talasea District, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. The tremor was recorded in the evening on Wednesday, April 30th, 2025, at 9:51 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.8 as well. A third agency, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, reported the same quake at magnitude 5.3.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Kimbe (pop. 18,800) located 92 km from the epicenter, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
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