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Magnitude 6.4 earthquake reported near Kainantu, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has been detected approximately 49 kilometres north-north-east of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. The event was recorded by one monitoring source. It is not yet known whether the tremor caused damage or casualties.
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WhereKainantu
-6.289, 145.865 ±10 km
First reported35 days ago
Published2026-09-20 09:45 UTC
Sources1
How this travelled.
Reports1Independent tellings1
1 independently corroborated telling.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Magnitude 6.4 earthquake reported near Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. 2026-09-20T09:45:24.373Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2952. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-20/m-6-4-49-km-nne-of-kainantu-papua-new-aa6ed360
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