LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
43 km SE of Madang, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 43 km SE of Madang, Papua New Guinea on 16 Sept 2026, 19:37 UTC. The hypocentre was 59.9 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 2 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 59.9 km
- Latitude
- 5.54°S
- Time
- 19:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.6
shallow
146.02°E longitude
16 Sept 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.6
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 250 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 120 tonnes of TNT.
59.9 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
2 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 5.0.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
17 Sept 2026, 06:48 UTC · 10 km deep
17 Sept 2026, 06:42 UTC · 10 km deep
17 Sept 2026, 06:32 UTC · 36.7 km deep
17 Sept 2026, 06:20 UTC · 24 km deep