A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/01/25 / 2025-01-05 17:24:43 / January 5, 2025 @ 5:24 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 151.6984 East, latitude -3.7404 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 17:24:43 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us6000pi0k. Id of event: us6000pi0k.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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: 72 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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