A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Unique identifier: us6000qxmz. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qxmz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.091 km (77 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/25 / 2025-08-02 13:35:37 / August 2, 2025 @ 1:35 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 13:35:37 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 124.091 km, 154.997° East, -6.2704° South.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa. Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 fourty-nine 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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