A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Angoram in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 115.496 km (72 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/25 / 2025-07-24 16:37:19 / July 24, 2025 @ 4:37 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qun0. Id of event: us6000qun0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.6306 East, latitude -4.2783 South, depth = 115.496 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:37:19 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wewak. Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 53 km WSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea.
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