A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.97 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:04:13 / 5:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 17:04:13 / May 3, 2025 @ 5:04 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000pwxj. Event ids that are associated: us7000pwxj. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.0809 East, latitude -3.2569 South, depth = 28.97 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayapura, Abepura, Vanimo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 67 km SSW of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea.
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