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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 87 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on July 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -4.39S, 153.0537WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Friday. Exact location, longitude 153.0537° East, latitude -4.39° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000quet. Unique identifier: us6000quet. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:53:16 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/07/25 / 2025-07-11 02:53:16 / July 11, 2025 @ 2:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-four 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 153.0537° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.39° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87 km E of Kokopo, 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 2025-07-11 02:53:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-24 02:45:11 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 326 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.909 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us6000quet Id of event.
Event Code 6000quet An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000quet, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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