A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. 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 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 155.5758° East, latitude -7.0376° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/03/25 / 2025-03-26 06:45:27 / March 26, 2025 @ 6:45 am. Unique identifier: us7000pmp9. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pmp9. The temblor was reported at 06:45:27 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). 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 Arawa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 80 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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