Oceania
Earthquakes in Papua New Guinea
Every earthquake in and around Papua New Guinea since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days44M2.5+
Past year596M2.5+
Magnitude 6+1,000since 1900
StrongestM 8.11919 · 1919 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Papua New Guinea
- 8.1 1919 Papua New Guinea Earthquake May 6, 1919
- 8.1 2007 Solomon Islands Earthquake Apr 1, 2007
- 8.1 1971 Bougainville Earthquake Jul 26, 1971
- 8.0 2000 New Ireland Earthquake Nov 16, 2000
- 8.0 1971 New Britain Earthquake Jul 14, 1971
- 8.0 1906 Papua New Guinea Earthquake Sep 14, 1906
- 8.0 60 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Jan 1, 1916
- 7.9 35 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea Jan 22, 2017
- 7.9 140 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Dec 17, 2016
- 7.9 56 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea Jul 20, 1975
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 5.1 97 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea Oct 30, 2026
- 4.3 111 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea Oct 29, 2026
- 5.7 82 km NE of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea Oct 29, 2026
- 5.4 33 km ESE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea Oct 25, 2026
- 5.2 63 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea Oct 25, 2026
- 4.4 19 km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea Oct 23, 2026
- 5.0 153 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 22, 2026
- 4.8 86 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 22, 2026
- 4.5 111 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 20, 2026
- 4.2 25 km S of Goroka, Papua New Guinea Oct 20, 2026
- 4.9 29 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 19, 2026
- 4.2 128 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 19, 2026
- 5.1 127 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 18, 2026
- 4.7 152 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Oct 18, 2026
- 4.6 104 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea Oct 18, 2026