| Magnitude | 5.9 |
| Region | EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. |
| Date time | 2026-01-20 07:22:00.5 UTC |
| Location | -5.324 ; 145.976 |
| Depth | 109 km |
| Distance | 480 km NNW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea / pop: 283,000 / local time: 17:22:00.5 2026-01-20 24 km ESE of Madang, Papua New Guinea / pop: 27,400 / local time: 17:22:00.5 2026-01-20 |
Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
All data providers for this event:
Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia -- Canberra, Australia (AUST)HUN-REN EPSS Kövesligethy Radó Seismological Observato -- Budapest, Hungary (BUD)
French Polynesian Tsunami Warning Center - CEA -- Papeete, Polynesie Francaise - Tahiti (CPPT)
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Geonet, GNS science -- Lower Hutt, New Zealand (GNS)
Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences -- Obninsk, Russia (GSRAS)
Instituto Portugues do Mar e da Atmosfera -- Lisbon, Portugal (IPMA)
Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia -- Rome, Italy (INGV) -- DOI: https://terremoti.ingv.it/en/iside
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute -- Istanbul, Turkey (KOERI)
Instituto Geografico Nacional -- Madrid, Spain (IGN)
Malaysian Meteorological Department -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (MET)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4)
Further information can be found at:
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)