A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q3wx. Id of event: us6000q3wx. The temblor was reported at 10:51:48 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 115.127 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 10:51:48 / April 4, 2025 @ 10:51 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 145.7105° East, latitude -5.6979° South, depth = 115.127 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kundiawa (c. 9 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kundiawa, Kainantu, Goroka. Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 53 km S of Madang, Papua New Guinea.

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