A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 121 km SE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:59:21 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 156.1436 East, latitude -7.195 South, depth = 65.037 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/25 / 2025-05-02 10:59:21 / May 2, 2025 @ 10:59 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.037 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pwjw. Id of event: us7000pwjw.

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 121 km SE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.

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