Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea recorded two significant earthquakes over the past week. An M5.2 quake struck at 120 km depth exposing an estimated 554,403 people, and a separate M4.5 event 97 km north-northeast of Mount Hagen at 99 km depth exposed roughly 1,071,107 people. Both were newly reported or ongoing as of 15 September 2026.
Earthquake An M5.2 earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on 14 September at a depth of 120 km, with an estimated 554,403 people exposed. Separately, an M4.5 quake 97 km north-northeast of Mount Hagen at 99 km depth exposed an estimated 1,071,107 people and remains an ongoing event.
- An M5.2 earthquake in Papua New Guinea, first tracked on 14 September 2026, is a newly reported event.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.
Events · last 7 days · 6
- Earthquake97 km NNE of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea15 Sept, 08:30 UTC
- EarthquakeEarthquake in Papua New Guinea15 Sept, 04:01 UTC
Below the significance bar
- WildfireWildfire — Papua New GuineaEscalating14 Sept, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — Papua New GuineaNew13 Sept, 11:15 UTC
- DroughtDrought in Australia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, VietnamNew14 Sept, 14:38 UTC
- Earthquake90 km NNE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea12 Sept, 22:38 UTC
Seven days of source changes
Revisions · 4 events also first tracked this week
- 14 Sept, 12:01 UTCWildfire — Papua New GuineaFire power 2,109 → 2,770 MW
- 14 Sept, 08:15 UTC97 km NNE of Mount Hagen, Papua New GuineaSeverity orange → red
Countries · by trend
8| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | RED | escalating1 escalating · 2 new | 3h ago |
| Indonesia | 71 | RED | steady5 escalating · 15 steady · 1 cooling · 42 new | 58m ago |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | ORANGE | new | 18h ago |
| Vietnam | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Thailand | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Philippines | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Cambodia | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Australia | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 21h ago |
Trend compares each event’s own source-reported measure across Hazardly’s last two ingests. It measures reported change, not impact: a fire whose satellite coverage improved overnight can read as escalating, and a storm can weaken while its damage is still unfolding.
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