A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Unique identifier: us6000pgup. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgup. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 12:26:22 / January 1, 2025 @ 12:26 pm. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:26:22 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 151.7335 East, latitude -3.7192 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 71 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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