A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 125 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (78 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68.437 km (43 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.9293 East, latitude -7.3652 South, depth = 68.437 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:17:39 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/02/25 / 2025-02-23 04:17:39 / February 23, 2025 @ 4:17 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pfjq. Unique identifier: us7000pfjq.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 125 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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