A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/25 / 2025-01-02 07:06:39 / January 2, 2025 @ 7:06 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:06:39 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ph16. Unique identifier: us6000ph16. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.6938 East, latitude -3.76 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul. Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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