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Tue, 6 May 2025, 04:52 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Just 11 minutes ago, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Wewak, Wewak District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Tuesday, May 6th, 2025, at 2:39 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 139.30 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.1 earthquake. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.1.
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 Angoram (pop. 1,600) located 52 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Wewak (pop. 18,200) located 127 km from the epicenter.
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RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Mar 20, 04:29 am (GMT +10)

4.1

137 km41 km (25 mi) to the NW 91 km southeast of Wewak, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea InfoFeb 14, 08:38 pm (Port Moresby)

4.6

10 km94 km (59 mi) to the NE Bismarck Sea, 15 km north of Volcano Island, Madang, Papua New Guinea InfoFeb 14, 06:09 pm (Port Moresby)

4.8

116 km71 km (44 mi) to the W 93 km south of Wewak, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea 2 reportsInfoJan 19, 07:58 pm (Port Moresby)

4.5

114 km56 km (35 mi) to the S 100 km NE of Wabag, Papua New Guinea InfoJan 4, 07:03 pm (Port Moresby)

4.2

116 km36 km (23 mi) to the SW 77 km south of Angoram, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea InfoSep 5, 2024 11:03 am (Port Moresby)

6.2

7 km102 km (63 mi) to the N Bismarck Sea, 37 km south of Vokeo Island, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea 5 reportsInfoSep 2, 2023 05:09 am (Port Moresby)

5.3

118 km58 km (36 mi) to the W 99 km south of Wewak, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea 8 reportsInfoJun 19, 2023 09:18 pm (Port Moresby)

6.2

24 km52 km (32 mi) to the E 96 km ESE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea 22 reportsInfoApr 3, 2023 04:04 am (Port Moresby)

7.0

70 km134 km (83 mi) to the W 40 km east of Ambunti, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea 109 reportsInfoMar 23, 2023 10:17 am (Port Moresby)

5.7

132 km10.7 km (6.7 mi) to the W 45 km southeast of Angoram, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea 6 reportsInfoNov 26, 2020 01:47

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