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Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 59 km depth
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Earthquake details Date & timeJul 31, 2025 08:18:36 UTC – Local time at epicenterThursday, Jul 31, 2025, at 06:18 pm (Pacific/Port Moresby GMT +10) Statusconfirmed (manually revised) Magnitude4.6 Depth59 km Epicenter latitude / longitude5.4288°S / 146.0565°E Madang Province, Papua New Guinea Seismic antipode5.4288°N / 33.944°W Quality33 seismic stations Shaking intensityIII Weak shaking near epicenter Felt2 reports Primary data sourceUSGS (United States Geological Survey) Nearest volcanoKarkar (81 km / 50 mi) Weather at epicenter at time of quakeBroken Clouds 26.4°C (79 F), humidity: 84%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from E Estimated seismic energy released5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 4.6 | about seismic energy
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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Madang, a town with 27,000 inhabitants in Papua New Guinea, in 38 km (23 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. In the capital of Papua New
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