A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, longitude 152.3768 East, latitude -4.8734 South, depth = 55.096 km. Unique identifier: us7000qe4e. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qe4e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 20:51:54 / July 20, 2025 @ 8:51 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.096 km (34 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:51:54 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo.
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 eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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