A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 129 km NE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea (80 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 144.9897° East, latitude -3.3547° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/25 / 2025-05-20 15:10:59 / May 20, 2025 @ 3:10 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qhq8. Id of event: us6000qhq8. The temblor was picked up at 15:10:59 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 129 km NE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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