Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 135 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 135 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea (84 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:33:07 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 147.059 East, latitude -5.4997 South, depth = 181.308 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 14:33:07 / July 18, 2025 @ 2:33 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 181.308 km (113 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000qdfg. Event ids that are associated: us7000qdfg.

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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 135 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	147.059° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.4997° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	181.308 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	135 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-18 14:33:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-18 14:47:13	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	416	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	45	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.447	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	52	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000qdfg	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qdfg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qdfg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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