A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Kiunga in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 21:17:00 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/07/25 / 2025-07-15 21:17:00 / July 15, 2025 @ 9:17 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qcvv. Unique identifier: us7000qcvv. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.544 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 142.1552° East, -6.2475° South, depth 59.544 km.
The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Kiunga (c. 11 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kiunga, Tari (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 96 km E of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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