M 5.1 in Papua New Guinea on 04 Jan 2026 01:23 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1517994
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 33.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.4787 , 152.1228
Event Date: 04 Jan 2026 01:23 UTC
04 Jan 2026 11:23 Local
Exposed Population:
10 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 04 Jan 2026 01:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rmc9 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

5.6-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea Region -- GFZ 1/5/2026 3:41:00 AM.

HONG KONG, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Papua New Guinea Region at 00:42 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 163.6 km, was initially determine
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea Region -- GFZ 1/5/2026 3:41:00 AM.

HONG KONG, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Papua New Guinea Region at 00:42 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 163.6 km, was initially determine
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea Region: GFZ 1/5/2026 2:18:00 AM.

Hong Kong, Jan 5 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Papua New Guinea Region at 00:42 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 163.6 km, was initially determined to be
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea Region -- GFZ 1/5/2026 1:20:00 AM.

HONG KONG, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),