Strong M6.2 Earthquake Recorded Near 巴布亚新几内亚

CENC China reports M6.2 near 巴布亚新几内亚, with a 120.0 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-09-20T11:12:59.423Z

The event began at Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:17:36 GMT. The provider also lists local time as 2026-09-20 17:17:36 CST (UTC+8). CENC China reports magnitude 6.2, 120.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -5.900, 146.100.

The catalog location label is 巴布亚新几内亚; 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 1.26e+14 joules, or about 30,089 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.

The CENC China catalog currently marks the solution as official. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. Other agency solutions retained for this same origin are INGV Italy M6.4; GEOFON GFZ M6.3; USGS Week M6.4. These are alternate reported solutions, not additional earthquakes.

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.