A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 106 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (66 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkyq. Unique identifier: us7000rkyq. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:02:25 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 88.23 km, 153.2003° East, -4.5682° South. Global time and date of event 26/12/25 / 2025-12-26 23:02:25 / December 26, 2025 @ 11:02 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 88.23 km (55 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 106 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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