Mag. 4.8 earthquake - 149 km south of Kokopo, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, on Tuesday, 25 August 2020 at 20:03 (GMT) -
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.1 quake 137 km south of Kokopo, Kokopo District, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, 25 August 2020 19:08 GMT, which had occurred 54 minutes earlier.
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in Papua New Guinea | East New Britain Province | West New Britain Province | New Ireland | Northern Province | National Capital
Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 100 km depth
25 Aug 20:15 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 12 minutes.
Aug 25 20:25: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.8.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 278.0 to 128.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 128.0 to 100.0 km.
Aug 25 20:25: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.8.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 278.0 to 128.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 128.0 to 100.0 km.
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 100.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 5.6°S / 151.77°E
(Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea)Nearest volcano: Ulawun (111 km / 69 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
150 km (93 mi) SSW of Kokopo (pop: 26,300) --> See nearby quakes!
162 km (100 mi) SSW of Rabaul (pop: 8,070) --> See nearby quakes!
181 km (112 mi) E of Kimbe (Talasea District) (pop: 18,800) --> See nearby quakes!
255 km (158 mi) ENE of Kandrian (pop: 1,010) --> See nearby quakes!
354 km (220 mi) SSE of Kavieng (pop: 14,500) --> See nearby quakes!
526 km (327 mi) NE of Popondetta (Sohe) (pop: 28,200) --> See nearby quakes!
667 km (415 mi) NE of Port Moresby (pop: 283,700) --> See nearby quakes!
112 km (69 mi) E of New Britain Island (pop: 513,900) --> See nearby quakes!
89 km (56 mi) S of Ailo Island --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 4.8 | 1 km | New Britain Region, P.N.G. (Papua New Guinea) | BMKG |
| M 5.2 | 54 km | New Britain Region, P.N.G. (Papua New Guinea) | GFZ |
| M 5.1 | 60 km | New Britain Region, P.n.g. (Papua New Guinea) | EMSC |
| M 5.1 | 32 km | 138 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | USGS |
| M 5.1 | 79 km | New Britain Region, P.N.G. (Papua New Guinea) | GeoAu |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
There are no user reports for this quake yet. If you felt it be the first to report it!
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Mag. 4.8 earthquake - 149 km south of Kokopo, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, on Tuesday, 25 August 2020 at 20:03 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
