A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 110 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (68 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 147.4918 East, latitude -3.008 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 17:11:55 / July 8, 2025 @ 5:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:11:55 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qbe3. Unique identifier: us7000qbe3.

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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 110 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.

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