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Tue, 22 Apr 2025, 13:37 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.7 quake in Papua New Guinea near Madang, only 7 minutes ago. The earthquake hit late at night on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025, at 11:29 pm local time at an intermediate to considerable depth of 211. 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.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.7 earthquake as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.8.
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 Madang (pop. 27,400) located 136 km from the epicenter.
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4.9

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5.4

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