M 4.6 earthquake – 104 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
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Local time: Oct 18, 2026 · 18:37 (UTC+11)
LightShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.6body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -6.960, 154.789118 km from Arawa
- Energy released
- 120 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 326USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 11, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 120 tons of TNT, 4 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around 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 1971 New Britain Earthquake Jul 14, 1971
- 7.9 35 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea Jan 22, 2017
- 7.9 56 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea Jul 20, 1975
- 7.8 85 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea Jan 30, 1939
- 7.8 135 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Nov 16, 2000