M 5.4 in Papua New Guinea on 28 Jul 2026 20:27 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 1554718
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.7602 , 153.5437
Event Date: 28 Jul 2026 20:27 UTC
29 Jul 2026 06:27 Local
Exposed Population: 270 thousand in MMI>=III
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2026 20:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tggm Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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 New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea -- GFZ 7/29/2026 1:08:00 AM.

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea at 2027 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initiall
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5.6-magnitude quake hits New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea -- GFZ 7/28/2026 9:26:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea at 2027 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initiall
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5.6 magnitude quake hits New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea GFZ 7/28/2026 9:02:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea at 2027 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initiall
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5.6-magnitude quake hits New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea -- GFZ 7/28/2026 8:56:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea at 2027 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initiall
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),