Papua New Guinea is surrounded by a rapid microplate mosaic within the Pacific-Australian convergent zone, generating numerous deep and shallow earthquakes exceeding M7.0 along the New Britain and Solomon trenches.
Real-time USGS seismic table displaying the 10 most recent earthquakes and latest earthquakes recorded today with verified moment magnitude (Mw), epicenter location, and focal depth.
You can check real-time earthquake activity in Papua New Guinea on this page. Our system streams live USGS telemetry updated every 60 seconds showing all recent seismic events with magnitude, depth, and epicenter coordinates.
Papua New Guinea experiences varying levels of seismic activity depending on its tectonic setting. You can view the complete 1-year historical archive and 24-hour counts on this live monitoring page.
Papua New Guinea is surrounded by a rapid microplate mosaic within the Pacific-Australian convergent zone, generating numerous deep and shallow earthquakes exceeding M7.0 along the New Britain and Solomon trenches.