A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.0054 East, latitude -5.6054 South, depth = 164.536 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:56:27 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 164.536 km (102 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/25 / 2025-06-05 11:56:27 / June 5, 2025 @ 11:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000qi3v. Event ids that are associated: us6000qi3v.
Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km WSW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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