M 5.2 in Papua New Guinea on 13 Jan 2024 09:08 UTC

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5.2-magnitude quake hits 161 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea -- USGS

2024-01-13T11:53+0100china.org.cn (en)

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 161 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea at 09:08:16 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.2 km, was initially determined to be at 4.51 degrees south latitude and 153.71 degrees east longitude.

5.2-magnitude quake hits 161 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea -- USGS

2024-01-13T11:46+0100english-news-cn (en)

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 161 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea at 09:08:16 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.2 km, was initially determined to be at 4.51 degrees south latitude and 153.71 degrees east longitude.

5.2-magnitude quake hits 161 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea -- USGS

2024-01-13T11:43+0100xinhuanet-english (en)

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 161 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea at 09:08:16 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.2 km, was initially determined to be at 4.51 degrees south latitude and 153.71 degrees east longitude.

Strong mag. 5.3 earthquake - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea, on Saturday, Jan 13, 2024, at 09:08 am (universal time)

2024-01-13T10:22+0100volcanodiscovery (en)

A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred under the sea near the coast of papua New Guinea in the late afternoon of Saturday, Jan 13, 2024 at 7.08 pm local time (GMT +10). The quake had a very shallow depth of 10 km (6 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).

Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - Aru Sea, 73 km southwest of Pulau Kayumerah Island, West Papua, Indonesia, on Friday, Jan 12, 2024, at 06:45 pm (GMT +9)

2024-01-12T11:09+0100volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Mas, a town with 300 inhabitants in , in 182 km (113 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking shaking there. The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected by the shaking.

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