A earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was reported at 16:33:58 / 4:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qywk. Id of event: us6000qywk. Exact location, longitude 152.9554° East, latitude -4.2625° South, depth = 8.43 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.43 km (5 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/25 / 2025-08-07 16:33:58 / August 7, 2025 @ 4:33 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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