M5.2 Earthquake Recorded Near NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.

EMSC Global reports M5.2 near NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G., with a 58.0 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-09-26T22:11:38.597Z

The event began at Sat, 26 Sep 2026 21:49:26 GMT. EMSC Global reports magnitude 5.2, 58.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -4.670, 152.821.

The catalog location label is NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is an intermediate-depth event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 3.98e+12 joules, or about 951 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.

The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.

EMSC Global has not supplied a review status in the normalized record. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.

The provider record does not carry a tsunami flag at publication time. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.