A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 15:57:07 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 151.5939° East, latitude -3.8782° South, depth = 22.478 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.478 km (14 miles). Global time and date of event 02/01/25 / 2025-01-02 15:57:07 / January 2, 2025 @ 3:57 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ph9f. Id of event: us6000ph9f.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 72 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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