A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rkx8. Id of event: us6000rkx8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/11/25 / 2025-11-01 09:50:00 / November 1, 2025 @ 9:50 am. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:50:00 / 9:50 am (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 10 km, 151.4997° East, -3.7696° South.
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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