Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Wewak
Wewak, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea · population 18,230. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days5M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year61M2.5+
Since 19001,879M4.5+, 148 of them M6+
How often M6+0.9 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Wewak. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 7.8 New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Sep 20, 1935
- 7.6 68 km ESE of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Sep 8, 2002
- 7.6 50 km N of Wewak, Papua New Guinea Jul 3, 1918
- 7.5 32 km SW of Tari, Papua New Guinea Feb 25, 2018
- 7.4 93 km SW of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Jul 29, 1917
- 7.3 49 km NNE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea May 7, 1907
- 7.2 44 km SSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea Jun 24, 1986
- 7.1 132 km NNE of Wewak, Papua New Guinea Aug 26, 1906
- 7.1 43 km SW of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Aug 7, 1931
- 7.1 65 km ENE of Wewak, Papua New Guinea Apr 27, 1909
The latest nearby
- 5.4 33 km ESE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea Oct 25, 2026
- 4.1 85 km W of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea Oct 12, 2026
- 4.7 32 km SE of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea Oct 10, 2026
- 4.6 47 km SSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea Oct 7, 2026
- 4.0 44 km W of Madang, Papua New Guinea Oct 6, 2026
- 4.6 195 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea Sep 17, 2026
- 4.2 69 km SW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea Sep 15, 2026
- 4.3 76 km NNE of Wabag, Papua New Guinea Sep 15, 2026
- 4.5 102 km NNE of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea Sep 14, 2026
- 4.0 185 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea Sep 8, 2026
- 4.5 138 km S of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea Aug 30, 2026
- 4.5 101 km SW of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Aug 30, 2026
- 4.6 108 km S of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea Aug 28, 2026
- 4.1 115 km S of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea Aug 28, 2026
- 4.3 125 km SSW of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea Aug 20, 2026