M 5 in Papua New Guinea on 25 Apr 2025 22:15 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1478940
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 37.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.7251 , 147.3924
Event Date: 25 Apr 2025 22:15 UTC
26 Apr 2025 08:15 Local
Exposed Population:
190 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2025 22:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000pv4w Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Moderate mag. 4.9 earthquake - 61 km northwest of Lae, Morobe, Papua N.. 4/29/2025 7:47:00 AM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Lae , a town with 76,000 inhabitants in Papua New Guinea , in 61 km (38 mi) distance southeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. In
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World Earthquake Report for Tuesday, 29 April 2025 4/29/2025 5:21:00 AM.

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.2 quake in Papua New Guinea near Kimbe, Talasea District, West New Britain Province, only 14 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early afternoon on Tuesday, April 29th, 202
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Strong mag. 5.1 earthquake - 79 km south of Kimbe, West New Britain Pr.. 4/29/2025 4:25:00 AM.

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes near Kimbe, Talasea District, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.2 quake in Papua New Guinea near Kimbe, Talasea District, W
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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes near Kimbe, Talasea District, West Ne.. 4/29/2025 4:25:00 AM.

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.2 quake in Papua New Guinea near Kimbe, Talasea District, West New Britain Province, only 14 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early afternoon on Tuesday, April 29th, 202
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),