A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgu0. Unique identifier: us6000pgu0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 151.6238° East, latitude -3.7837° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 09:39:42 / January 1, 2025 @ 9:39 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 09:39:42 / 9:39 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul. The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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