A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000qtxh. Event ids that are associated: us6000qtxh. The temblor was detected at 16:41:08 / 4:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/07/25 / 2025-07-21 16:41:08 / July 21, 2025 @ 4:41 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 101.878 km (63 miles). Exact location of event, depth 101.878 km, 146.6033° East, -5.9114° South.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madang, Lae, Kainantu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 91 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.
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