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Magnitude 5.58 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea, GFZ says

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:06:00 +0000

Magnitude 5.58 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on January 27, 2026. Photo: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/

An earthquake of ‌magnitude 5.5 struck New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, ⁠on Tuesday (January 27, 2026), the German ⁠Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The ‌quake ‌was at ‍a depth ‍of 10 km (6 miles), GFZ ⁠said.

Published – January 27, 2026 01:36 am IST

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Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 strikes Papua, Indonesia

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 07:01:00 +0000

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck Papua province in Indonesia on Thursday (October 16, 2025), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The quake was at a depth of 70 km (43.5 miles), USGS said. The epicenter of the quake was about 200 km from the city of Abepura, which has a population of over 62,000, according to USGS. There was no tsunami warning after the quake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded the quake with a magnitude of 6.4 at a depth of 16 kilometres.

The agency’s earthquake and tsunami director Daryono, who goes by one name, said in a statement no aftershocks had yet been recorded.

Indonesia, a vast archipelagic nation, experiences frequent earthquakes due to its position on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”.

The arc of intense seismic activity, where tectonic plates collide, stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

Indonesia’s Papua is on the western half of the large Pacific island it shares with Papua New Guinea.

Published – October 16, 2025 12:31 pm IST

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Magnitude of 6.9 earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea; five killed, 1,000 homes destroyed

admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 06:21:05 +0000

Locals standing on a road that was damaged by the recent landslip near Gumine Station, in the Chimbu Province of Papua New Guinea.
| Photo Credit: AFP

“At least five people were killed and an estimated 1,000 homes destroyed when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked flood-stricken northern Papua New Guinea,” officials said on March 25 as disaster crews poured into the region.

“So far, around 1,000 homes have been lost,” said East Sepik Governor Allan Bird, adding that emergency crews were “still assessing the impact” from a tremor that “damaged most parts of the province”.

Dozens of villages nestled on the banks of the country’s Sepik River were already dealing with major flooding when the quake struck early Sunday morning (March 24.)

Provincial police commander Christopher Tamari told AFP that authorities had recorded five deaths but the number of fatalities “could be more”. Photos taken in the aftermath of the quake showed damaged wooden houses collapsing into the surrounding knee-high floodwaters.

Earthquakes are common in Papua New Guinea, which sits on top of the seismic “Ring of Fire” — an arc of intense tectonic activity that stretches through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

Although they seldom cause widespread damage in the sparsely populated jungle highlands, they can trigger destructive landslides.

Many of the island nation’s nine million citizens live outside major towns and cities, where the difficult terrain and lack of sealed roads can seriously hamstring search-and-rescue efforts.

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5 Killed, 1,000 Homes Destroyed In Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake In Papua New Guinea

admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 06:04:04 +0000

Earthquakes are common in Papua New Guinea (Representational)

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea:

At least five people were killed and an estimated 1,000 homes destroyed when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked flood-stricken northern Papua New Guinea, officials said Monday as disaster crews poured into the region.

Dozens of villages nestled on the banks of the country’s Sepik River were already dealing with major flooding when the quake struck early Sunday morning.

Provincial police commander Christopher Tamari told AFP that authorities had recorded five deaths but the number of fatalities “could be more”.

Photos taken in the aftermath of the quake showed damaged wooden houses collapsing into the surrounding knee-high floodwaters.

Although they seldom cause widespread damage in the sparsely populated jungle highlands, they can trigger destructive landslides.

Many of the island nation’s nine million citizens live outside major towns and cities, where the difficult terrain and lack of sealed roads can seriously hamstring search-and-rescue efforts.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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