Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 206 km ENE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 206 km ENE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (128 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 154.0187 East, latitude -3.7244 South, depth = 444.124 km. Global time and date of event 14/10/25 / 2025-10-14 19:32:40 / October 14, 2025 @ 7:32 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:32:40 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 444.124 km (276 miles). Event id: us6000rh65. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rh65.

Every 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. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 206 km ENE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	154.0187° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-3.7244° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	444.124 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	206 km ENE 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	2025-10-14 19:32:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-14 19:51:16	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	432	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	91	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.908	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.69 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	69	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	us6000rh65	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rh65	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rh65,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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