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Magnitude5.0
RegionNEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
Date time2026-08-28 20:19:38.1 UTC
Location-6.148 ; 151.644
Depth7 km
Distance619 km NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea / pop: 283,000 / local time: 06:19:38.1 2026-08-29
180 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea / pop: 18,800 / local time: 06:19:38.1 2026-08-29
Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
All data providers for this event:
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)
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:
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)