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Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025 03:37 | 43 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 occurred only 13 minutes ago 72 km southwest of Madang, Papua New Guinea, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near Madang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, around noon on Wednesday, November 12th, 2025, at 1:23 pm 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 was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Kundiawa (pop. 9,400) located 58 km from the epicenter, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Madang (pop. 27,400) located 72 km from the epicenter, Kainantu (pop. 8,500) 106 km away, and Mount Hagen (pop. 33,600) 116 km away.
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