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Thu, 7 Aug 2025, 16:46 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A moderately shallow magnitude 6.0 earthquake was reported early morning near Kokopo, Kokopo District, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Friday, August 8th, 2025, at 2:34 am local time at a moderately shallow depth of 58. km. 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 the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.9. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.8, and Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency at magnitude 5.9.
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) located 60 km from the epicenter, and Rabaul (pop. 8,100) 71 km away, the quake should have

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Jul 21, 06:51 am (GMT +10)

4.9

55 km90 km (56 mi) to the SW 60 km south of Kokopo, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea InfoMay 17, 05:25 am (Port Moresby)

4.6

67 km53 km (33 mi) to the S 95 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea InfoApr 12, 01:47 pm (Port Moresby)

6.1

62 km55 km (34 mi) to the SE South Pacific Ocean, 85 km southwest of Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea 5 reportsInfoApr 3, 08:31 pm (GMT +10)

4.6

92 km60 km (37 mi) to the SE South Pacific Ocean, 61 km southwest of Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea InfoApr 1, 08:25 am (Port Moresby)

4.5

57 km59 km (37 mi) to the SE 4 km SSE of Mojave, CA InfoNov 15, 2024 03:28 pm (GMT +10)

6.6

56 km70 km (43 mi) to the SE South Pacific Ocean, 83 km southwest of Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea 5 reportsInfoApr 13, 2022 01:00 pm (Port Moresby)

6.1

149 km100 km (62 mi) to the W 29 km west of Kokopo, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea InfoMay 14, 2019 10:58 pm (Port Moresby)

7.4

25 km46 km (28 mi) to the W Bismarck Sea, 5 km east of Duke of York Island, Papua New Guinea 40 reportsInfoMar 9, 2018 03:39 am (Port Moresby)

6.8

23 km35 km (22 mi) to the E 103 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 4 reportsInfoDec 17, 2016 08:51 pm (Port Moresby)

7.8

81 km67 km (42 mi) to the SE South Pacific Ocean, 50 km south of Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea 4 reportsInfoAug 31,

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