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Fri, 11 Apr 2025, 22:34 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake near Madang, Papua New Guinea, was reported only 8 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 an intermediate depth of 130. km beneath the epicenter in the morning on Saturday, April 12th, 2025, at 8:24 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.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.2.
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 90 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Kainantu (pop. 8,500) located 111 km from the epicenter.
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