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Earthquakes in Papua New Guinea

42,339 earthquakes catalogued in and around Papua New Guinea between 1900 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.7
Latest earthquake · depth 10 km
03.08.2026 19:18 UTC · from centre 892 km
42,339
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.36
mean magnitude
41,068
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

086817371900: 3 (M5+)19001901: 1 (M5+)1902: 1 (M5+)1905: 6 (M5+)1906: 6 (M5+)1907: 7 (M5+)1909: 1 (M5+)1910: 3 (M5+)19101911: 2 (M5+)1912: 1 (M5+)1913: 8 (M5+)1914: 1 (M5+)1915: 1 (M5+)1916: 2 (M5+)1917: 5 (M5+)1918: 13 (M5+)1919: 5 (M5+)1920: 7 (M5+)19201921: 1 (M5+)1922: 2 (M5+)1923: 2 (M5+)1924: 3 (M5+)1925: 4 (M5+)1926: 14 (M5+)1927: 7 (M5+)1928: 10 (M5+)1929: 7 (M5+)1930: 12 (M5+)19301931: 12 (M5+)1932: 11 (M5+)1933: 7 (M5+)1934: 19 (M5+)1935: 17 (M5+)1936: 14 (M5+)1937: 11 (M5+)1938: 14 (M5+)1939: 20 (M5+)1940: 8 (M5+)19401941: 8 (M5+)1942: 8 (M5+)1943: 7 (M5+)1944: 8 (M5+)1945: 11 (M5+)1946: 7 (M5+)1947: 3 (M5+)1948: 8 (M5+)1949: 8 (M5+)1950: 5 (M5+)19501951: 9 (M5+)1952: 13 (M5+)1953: 12 (M5+)1954: 10 (M5+)1955: 5 (M5+)1956: 9 (M5+)1957: 8 (M5+)1958: 20 (M5+)1959: 9 (M4–5)1959: 24 (M5+)1960: 2 (M4–5)1960: 15 (M5+)19601961: 11 (M5+)1962: 3 (M4–5)1962: 12 (M5+)1963: 26 (M5+)1964: 34 (M4–5)1964: 54 (M5+)1965: 38 (M4–5)1965: 64 (M5+)1966: 24 (M4–5)1966: 49 (M5+)1967: 30 (M4–5)1967: 85 (M5+)1968: 51 (M4–5)1968: 58 (M5+)1969: 38 (M4–5)1969: 49 (M5+)1970: 48 (M4–5)1970: 60 (M5+)19701971: 188 (M4–5)1971: 186 (M5+)1972: 78 (M4–5)1972: 114 (M5+)1973: 116 (M4–5)1973: 98 (M5+)1974: 2 (M3–4)1974: 115 (M4–5)1974: 136 (M5+)1975: 1 (M3–4)1975: 103 (M4–5)1975: 165 (M5+)1976: 74 (M4–5)1976: 121 (M5+)1977: 80 (M4–5)1977: 94 (M5+)1978: 3 (M3–4)1978: 71 (M4–5)1978: 107 (M5+)1979: 40 (M3–4)1979: 140 (M4–5)1979: 94 (M5+)1980: 18 (M3–4)1980: 110 (M4–5)1980: 74 (M5+)19801981: 24 (M3–4)1981: 201 (M4–5)1981: 98 (M5+)1982: 1 (M<3)1982: 32 (M3–4)1982: 131 (M4–5)1982: 89 (M5+)1983: 21 (M3–4)1983: 153 (M4–5)1983: 135 (M5+)1984: 44 (M3–4)1984: 190 (M4–5)1984: 121 (M5+)1985: 86 (M3–4)1985: 270 (M4–5)1985: 136 (M5+)1986: 59 (M3–4)1986: 197 (M4–5)1986: 83 (M5+)1987: 1 (M<3)1987: 104 (M3–4)1987: 380 (M4–5)1987: 128 (M5+)1988: 49 (M3–4)1988: 256 (M4–5)1988: 109 (M5+)1989: 13 (M3–4)1989: 219 (M4–5)1989: 96 (M5+)1990: 18 (M3–4)1990: 186 (M4–5)1990: 108 (M5+)19901991: 24 (M3–4)1991: 211 (M4–5)1991: 104 (M5+)1992: 41 (M3–4)1992: 365 (M4–5)1992: 124 (M5+)1993: 1 (M<3)1993: 92 (M3–4)1993: 328 (M4–5)1993: 89 (M5+)1994: 38 (M3–4)1994: 205 (M4–5)1994: 81 (M5+)1995: 1 (M<3)1995: 190 (M3–4)1995: 625 (M4–5)1995: 93 (M5+)1996: 198 (M3–4)1996: 754 (M4–5)1996: 101 (M5+)1997: 210 (M3–4)1997: 470 (M4–5)1997: 109 (M5+)1998: 218 (M3–4)1998: 571 (M4–5)1998: 161 (M5+)1999: 128 (M3–4)1999: 561 (M4–5)1999: 94 (M5+)2000: 219 (M3–4)2000: 1,293 (M4–5)2000: 173 (M5+)20002001: 162 (M3–4)2001: 685 (M4–5)2001: 88 (M5+)2002: 138 (M3–4)2002: 724 (M4–5)2002: 93 (M5+)2003: 90 (M<3)2003: 96 (M3–4)2003: 676 (M4–5)2003: 79 (M5+)2004: 65 (M<3)2004: 156 (M3–4)2004: 644 (M4–5)2004: 49 (M5+)2005: 9 (M<3)2005: 137 (M3–4)2005: 700 (M4–5)2005: 84 (M5+)2006: 33 (M<3)2006: 256 (M3–4)2006: 992 (M4–5)2006: 102 (M5+)2007: 106 (M<3)2007: 241 (M3–4)2007: 1,179 (M4–5)2007: 167 (M5+)2008: 45 (M<3)2008: 229 (M3–4)2008: 622 (M4–5)2008: 71 (M5+)2009: 105 (M3–4)2009: 489 (M4–5)2009: 84 (M5+)2010: 165 (M3–4)2010: 782 (M4–5)2010: 100 (M5+)20102011: 157 (M3–4)2011: 707 (M4–5)2011: 92 (M5+)2012: 143 (M3–4)2012: 583 (M4–5)2012: 84 (M5+)2013: 186 (M3–4)2013: 709 (M4–5)2013: 100 (M5+)2014: 305 (M3–4)2014: 1,265 (M4–5)2014: 167 (M5+)2015: 298 (M3–4)2015: 1,144 (M4–5)2015: 145 (M5+)2016: 235 (M3–4)2016: 875 (M4–5)2016: 111 (M5+)2017: 195 (M3–4)2017: 543 (M4–5)2017: 76 (M5+)2018: 339 (M3–4)2018: 1,015 (M4–5)2018: 155 (M5+)2019: 192 (M3–4)2019: 569 (M4–5)2019: 96 (M5+)2020: 3 (M<3)2020: 191 (M3–4)2020: 488 (M4–5)2020: 95 (M5+)20202021: 6 (M<3)2021: 182 (M3–4)2021: 552 (M4–5)2021: 97 (M5+)2022: 3 (M<3)2022: 177 (M3–4)2022: 458 (M4–5)2022: 81 (M5+)2023: 57 (M<3)2023: 290 (M3–4)2023: 690 (M4–5)2023: 116 (M5+)2024: 1 (M<3)2024: 220 (M3–4)2024: 508 (M4–5)2024: 74 (M5+)2025: 12 (M<3)2025: 434 (M3–4)2025: 749 (M4–5)2025: 120 (M5+)2026: 59 (M<3)2026: 353 (M3–4)2026: 217 (M4–5)2026: 28 (M5+)2026
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
8.120.09.1935 01:4630 km829 km
8.126.07.1971 01:2343 km552 km
8.101.04.2007 20:3914.5 km982 km
8.014.07.1971 06:1135 km613 km
8.014.09.1906 16:0435 km128 km
8.016.11.2000 04:5432 km506 km
7.922.01.2017 04:30156.5 km738 km
7.917.12.2016 10:51105.2 km597 km
7.816.11.2000 07:4227.5 km545 km
7.806.05.1919 19:4135 km614 km
7.807.10.1900 21:040 km971 km
7.817.11.2000 21:0130.6 km399 km
7.716.08.1995 10:2740.2 km644 km
7.718.03.1983 09:0584.4 km605 km
7.701.01.1916 13:2035 km498 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.703.08.2026 19:1810 km892 km
4.803.08.2026 13:1435 km856 km
4.902.08.2026 05:3810 km533 km
5.330.07.2026 02:4610 km577 km
4.830.07.2026 02:4510 km582 km
3.429.07.2026 18:3210 km783 km
4.828.07.2026 23:5110 km554 km
5.428.07.2026 20:2710 km574 km
2.527.07.2026 15:0910 km851 km
5.327.07.2026 14:33105.9 km352 km
4.927.07.2026 11:59113.3 km599 km
4.627.07.2026 04:4035 km511 km
4.226.07.2026 11:5813 km832 km
3.526.07.2026 11:4110 km898 km
2.626.07.2026 11:1010 km894 km
2.626.07.2026 07:4410 km883 km
2.826.07.2026 07:388 km909 km
2.626.07.2026 04:019 km905 km
2.923.07.2026 14:0610 km928 km
2.922.07.2026 22:577 km858 km
5.022.07.2026 10:58108.5 km132 km
3.219.07.2026 04:0826 km942 km
3.418.07.2026 23:5816 km941 km
2.718.07.2026 21:5716 km937 km
4.118.07.2026 08:0413 km841 km
5.017.07.2026 16:22170.3 km576 km
4.216.07.2026 17:4664.4 km574 km
2.516.07.2026 16:3710 km946 km
4.016.07.2026 16:13125.2 km305 km
2.716.07.2026 14:1610 km968 km
4.016.07.2026 10:460 km529 km
3.616.07.2026 05:420 km518 km
3.714.07.2026 04:5759.2 km124 km
3.913.07.2026 12:510 km367 km
6.513.07.2026 08:5310 km358 km
3.811.07.2026 12:51170 km107 km
3.510.07.2026 06:580 km190 km
3.709.07.2026 22:53197.6 km523 km
3.609.07.2026 22:1141.8 km785 km
3.909.07.2026 21:220 km535 km
3.808.07.2026 21:36122.7 km70 km
2.908.07.2026 18:3110 km869 km
4.308.07.2026 11:230 km283 km
3.708.07.2026 09:5410 km886 km
3.807.07.2026 12:1389.1 km681 km
2.607.07.2026 01:3314 km942 km
4.005.07.2026 17:520 km275 km
3.705.07.2026 15:11106.1 km647 km
3.105.07.2026 06:58564.7 km217 km
3.705.07.2026 05:370 km482 km
2.604.07.2026 19:3246 km898 km
4.004.07.2026 10:29112.4 km90 km
4.004.07.2026 07:50171.9 km185 km
4.303.07.2026 20:3210 km479 km
4.103.07.2026 20:0170.6 km668 km
3.203.07.2026 17:0220 km915 km
3.102.07.2026 14:0647 km869 km
4.101.07.2026 21:48178.3 km168 km
3.230.06.2026 17:127 km802 km
5.330.06.2026 14:4156.1 km300 km

Regions

East New Britain8,923West New Britain8,482New Ireland7,275Morobe6,917of Bougainville6,172Madang5,077Sandaun2,641East Sepik2,579Southern Highlands1,580Western1,462Eastern Highlands1,052Gulf854Milne Bay670Enga548Central467Western Highlands440Oro337Chimbu275

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.