Papua New Guinea earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Bismarck Sea

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Bismarck Sea on Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 3:12 AM GMT+10 (17:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 135 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-01-17 17:12:16 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
3.122° S, 146.576° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 10.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3144 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.8132 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.6146 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.4151 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.1140 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.0153 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2816 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.3158 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2816 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.5164 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2815 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 5.0135 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2811 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 5.0140 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2807 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 4.4143 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.3182 km S of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2803 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 4.5124 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2799 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 5.0160 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2792 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 5
  15. 4.1170 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2791 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 4.6146 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 4.7150 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2785 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 4.1139 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2764 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 4.9128 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2764 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 4.1134 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2761 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 4.7127 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2761 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 5.7154 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.6149 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.5144 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 5.1146 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.6156 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.9150 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.8166 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.4159 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 5.1159 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 5.0140 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 6.2164 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.5155 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2818 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.3141 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2819 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 4.8152 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea · 2819 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j56i. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC.