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Sunday, Oct 25, 2026 10:37 | 1 hour ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Papua New Guinea was shaken near Wewak, Wewak District, East Sepik Province, by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake just 6 minutes ago, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.
The quake struck at an intermediate depth of 102. km beneath the epicenter near Wewak, Wewak District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, on the evening of Sunday, October 25th, 2026, at 8:30 pm local time. The earthquake’s strength may have been tempered by its relatively great depth below the surface, making it feel weaker in absolute terms. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their reports.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the epicentral area. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Angoram (pop. 1,600), located 65 km from the epicenter; Ambunti (pop. 2,100), 81 km away; and Wewak (pop. 18,200), 86 km away.
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Strong magnitude 5.4 earthquake at 72 km depth

25 Oct 10:35 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 5 minutes.
25 Oct 10:37: Magnitude recalculated from 6.2 to 5.8. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 102.00 to 83.00 km (from 63 to 52 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 9.5 km (5.9 mi) towards SW.
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25 Oct 10:47: Now using data updates from USGS

Update Sun, 25 Oct 2026, 10:36

Significant earthquake of magnitude 6.2 just reported 86 km south of Wewak, Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea was shaken near Wewak, Wewak District, East Sepik Province, by an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 only 6 minutes ago, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.
The quake hit at an intermediate depth of 102. km beneath the epicenter near Wewak, Wewak District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, in the evening on Sunday, October 25th, 2026, at 8:30 pm local time. The strength of the earthquake may have been tempered by its relative great depth below the surface, which makes it feel weaker in absolute terms. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It

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Sunday, Oct 25, 2026 10:25 | 2 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Just 5 minutes ago, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck near Bima, Bima City, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded in the early evening on Sunday, October 25th, 2026, at 6:19 pm local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 180. km below the surface.
The event was reported by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, which also listed the quake at magnitude 4.7.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Dompu (pop. 55,000), located 35 km from the epicenter; Bima (pop. 161,400), 44 km away; Sape (pop. 5,000), 74 km away; and Sumbawa Besar (pop. 62,800), 112 km away.
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