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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Madang in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on April 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.5974S, 146.5608WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 22:24:50 / 10:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/04/25 / 2025-04-11 22:24:50 / April 11, 2025 @ 10:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 146.5608° East, -5.5974° South, depth 128.184 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 128.184 km (80 miles). Id of earthquake: usd0012wdt. Event ids that are associated: usd0012wdt.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 95 km ESE of Madang, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.5608° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.5974° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 128.184 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 95 km ESE of Madang, 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 2025-04-11 22:24:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-12 05:29:03 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 385 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 78 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.621 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 usd0012wdt Id of event.
Event Code d0012wdt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usd0012wdt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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