Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Kandrian in Papua New Guinea

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.722 km (9 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/03/25 / 2025-03-27 19:42:55 / March 27, 2025 @ 7:42 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000pn5l. Event ids that are associated: us7000pn5l. Exact location of event, longitude 149.8923 East, latitude -6.4064 South, depth = 13.722 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:42:55 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).

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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 44 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	149.8923° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.4064° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.722 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	44 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-27 19:42:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-27 20:00:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	416	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	106	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.155	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.63 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	53	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000pn5l	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pn5l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pn5l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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