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Significant magnitude 5.2 earthquake 112 km northwest of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

Published: 5 October 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Sun, 5 Oct 2025, 19:34 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A magnitude 5.2 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 early morning on Monday, October 6th, 2025, at 5:23 am 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 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 Rabaul (pop. 8,100) located 95 km from the epicenter, and Kokopo (pop. 26,300) 112 km away.
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