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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Kimbe in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.3044S, 151.7522WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 197 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (122 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.7522 East, latitude -6.3044 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000q49r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q49r. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 16:25:11 / April 5, 2025 @ 4:25 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:25:11 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 197 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 151.7522° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.3044° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 197 km ESE of Kimbe, 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 2025-04-05 16:25:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-05 16:52:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 400 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 108 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.139 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 31 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000q49r Id of event.
Event Code 6000q49r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q49r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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