A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 154.8637 East, latitude -6.3921 South, depth = 107.147 km. Unique identifier: us6000rtvs. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rtvs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.147 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:30:17 / 1:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/25 / 2025-12-10 13:30:17 / December 10, 2025 @ 1:30 pm.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa. Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Each 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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