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Strong earthquake, 6 mag has occurred near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on September 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.4693S, 153.7519WA earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) strikes 206 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (128 miles) on Tuesday. The 6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:59:51 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.7519 East, latitude -5.4693 South, depth = 77.666 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qwir. Id of event: us7000qwir. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 77.666 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/25 / 2025-09-16 16:59:51 / September 16, 2025 @ 4:59 pm UTC/GMT.

Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 206 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 153.7519° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.4693° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.666 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 206 km SE 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 2025-09-16 16:59:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-16 17:21:53 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 4.211 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 554 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 164 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.029 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qwir Id of event.
Event Code 7000qwir An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qwir, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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