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Wed, 7 May 2025, 17:58 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred only 8 minutes ago 70 km southeast of Biak, Indonesia, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near Biak, Biak Numfor Regency, Papua, Indonesia, early morning on Thursday, May 8th, 2025, at 2:49 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Biak (pop. 4,500) located 70 km from the epicenter, and Insrom (pop. 3,500) 76 km away.
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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap May 6, 11:24 pm (GMT +9)

4.1

10 km8 km (5 mi) to the NW Yapen Islands Regency, 70 km southeast of Biak, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoMay 6, 11:20 pm (Jayapura)

4.7

10 km6.5 km (4 mi) to the SE Yapen Islands Regency, 84 km southeast of Biak, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoApr 4, 04:18 pm (Jayapura)

4.3

10 km82 km (51 mi) to the W Yapen Islands Regency, South Papua, 67 km southwest of Biak, Indonesia InfoApr 3, 03:40 pm (Jayapura)

4.1

5 km88 km (55 mi) to the W South Pacific Ocean, 69 km southwest of Biak, Indonesia InfoDec 1, 2024 02:58 am (Jayapura)

4.8

28 km68 km (42 mi) to the SE Kabupaten Waropen, South Papua, 178 km northeast of Nabire, Indonesia InfoApr 17, 2022 02:49 pm (GMT +9)

5.4

18 km74 km (46 mi) to the NE South Pacific Ocean, 272 km northeast of Nabire, Indonesia InfoJul 14, 2019 07:04 pm (Jayapura)

5.1

30 km81 km (50 mi) to the W South Pacific Ocean, 80 km northwest of Pulau Ambai Island, Papua, Indonesia InfoApr 6, 2013 01:42 pm (Jayapura)

7.0

66 km299 km (186 mi) to the SE Tolikara Regency, South Papua, 272 km southwest of Jayapura, Indonesia 2 reportsInfoJul 17, 2012 01:33 am (Jayapura)

5.7

10 km95 km (59 mi) to the NE South Pacific Ocean, 45 km east of Pulau Workbondi Island, Papua, Indonesia InfoJun 27, 2011 12:03 am (Jayapura)

5.4

2 km76 km (47 mi) to the SE Kabupaten Waropen, South Papua, 447 km west of Jayapura, Indonesia InfoJun 26, 2011 09:26 pm (Jayapura)

5.4

10 km48 km (30 mi) to the SE South Pacific Ocean,

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