A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Wewak in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.6087 East, latitude -3.3448 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 16:21:10 / May 3, 2025 @ 4:21 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:21:10 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000pwxb. Event ids that are associated: us7000pwxb.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wewak. Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop).

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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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: 22 km N of Wewak, Papua New Guinea.

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