A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.7982 East, latitude -5.0354 South, depth = 374.723 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:40:23 / 7:40 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 374.723 km (233 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pjz0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjz0. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/25 / 2025-01-14 19:40:23 / January 14, 2025 @ 7:40 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km NNW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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