A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Vanimo in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 141.0096 East, latitude -2.6149 South, depth = 24.124 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.124 km (15 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:17:55 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 13:17:55 / January 27, 2025 @ 1:17 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbhr. Unique identifier: us7000pbhr.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abepura, Jayapura, Vanimo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km WNW of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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