A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.0394 East, latitude -4.7223 South, depth = 67.378 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 67.378 km (42 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pzpk. Unique identifier: us7000pzpk. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/25 / 2025-05-16 19:25:28 / May 16, 2025 @ 7:25 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:25:28 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 95 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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