| Magnitude | 5.5 |
| Region | EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. |
| Date time | 2026-08-16 10:59:11.1 UTC |
| Location | -5.542 ; 146.744 |
| Depth | 150 km |
| Distance | 440 km NNW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea / pop: 283,000 / local time: 20:59:11.1 2026-08-16 112 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea / pop: 27,400 / local time: 20:59:11.1 2026-08-16 |
Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
All data providers for this event:
Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia -- Canberra, Australia (AUST)French Polynesian Tsunami Warning Center - CEA -- Papeete, Polynesie Francaise - Tahiti (CPPT)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) -- New-York, United States (GCMT)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Geonet, GNS science -- Lower Hutt, New Zealand (GNS)
Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences -- Obninsk, Russia (GSRAS)
Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia -- Rome, Italy (INGV) -- DOI: https://terremoti.ingv.it/en/iside
Ukrainian NDC, Main Center of Special Monitoring -- Kyiv, Ukraine (MCSM)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4)
Further information can be found at:
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)