M5.1 Earthquake Recorded Near Papua New Guinea Region

GEOFON GFZ reports M5.1 near Papua New Guinea Region, with a 133.8 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-09-15T03:52:22.715Z

The event began at Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:06:54 GMT. GEOFON GFZ reports magnitude 5.1, 133.8 km catalog depth, and coordinates -6.205, 146.492.

The catalog location label is Papua New Guinea Region; 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 3.02e+12 joules, or about 722 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.

GEOFON GFZ 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.