A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.273 East, latitude -7.0134 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000rli5. Event ids that are associated: us7000rli5. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:22:08 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/12/25 / 2025-12-30 11:22:08 / December 30, 2025 @ 11:22 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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