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Significant 6.0 quake hits near Kokopo, Kokopo District, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

Published: 11 April 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Sat, 12 Apr 2025, 03:58 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake near Kokopo, Kokopo District, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, was reported only 10 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter around noon on Saturday, April 12th, 2025, at 1:47 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.5. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 6.0, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 6.0.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
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 Kokopo (pop. 26,300)

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