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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on October 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.3863S, 152.397WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 116 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (72 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 152.397° East, -5.3863° South, depth 41.98 km. The temblor was reported at 03:47:27 / 3:47 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 03:47:27 / October 21, 2025 @ 3:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 41.98 km (26 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rie8. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rie8.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 116 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 152.397° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.3863° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 116 km S 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 2025-10-21 03:47:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-21 04:07:16 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 385 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.21 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 151 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 us6000rie8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rie8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rie8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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