A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea. Exact location, longitude 149.5326° East, latitude -5.9799° South, depth = 62.572 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/06/25 / 2025-06-13 11:26:44 / June 13, 2025 @ 11:26 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qk2b. Id of event: us6000qk2b. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:26:44 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 62.572 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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