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Magnitude5.0
RegionNEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Date time2026-01-03 01:26:41.0 UTC
Location-6.462 ; 143.578
Depth18 km
Distance517 km WNW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea / pop: 283,000 / local time: 11:26:41.0 2026-01-03
36 km S of Mendi, Papua New Guinea / pop: 26,200 / local time: 11:26:41.0 2026-01-03
Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
All data providers for this event:
Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia -- Canberra, Australia (AUST)
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences -- Obninsk, Russia (GSRAS)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
Further information can be found at:
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)