A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 17:15:28 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/02/25 / 2025-02-19 17:15:28 / February 19, 2025 @ 5:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 152.9612° East, latitude -4.025° South, depth = 72.222 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.222 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000perj. Unique identifier: us7000perj.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 84 km ENE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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