A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Kokoda in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000qata. Event ids that are associated: us7000qata. Exact location of event, longitude 147.5159 East, latitude -7.9814 South, depth = 107.734 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.734 km (67 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:33:08 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/25 / 2025-07-05 08:33:08 / July 5, 2025 @ 8:33 am.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Kokoda (c. 6 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokoda.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 102 km NNW of Kokoda, Papua New Guinea.
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