M5.4 Earthquake Recorded Near NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.

EMSC Global reports M5.4 near NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G., with a 43.5 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-10-09T21:15:06.018Z

The event began at Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:20:11 GMT. EMSC Global reports magnitude 5.4, 43.5 km catalog depth, and coordinates -5.183, 151.830.

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 7.94e+12 joules, or about 1,898 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.