Strong M6.0 Earthquake Recorded Near 153 km Tenggara OKSIBIL-PAPUAPGNGN

BMKG Indonesia reports M6.0 near 153 km Tenggara OKSIBIL-PAPUAPGNGN, with a 120.0 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-10-29T03:37:13.728Z

The event began at Thu, 29 Oct 2026 03:26:49 GMT. BMKG Indonesia reports magnitude 6.0, 120.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -5.450, 141.900.

The catalog location label is 153 km Tenggara OKSIBIL-PAPUAPGNGN; 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 6.31e+13 joules, or about 15,080 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.

BMKG Indonesia 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.