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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake reported in New Britain region of Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has been reported in the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea. A single source recorded the seismic event. Reports have not confirmed whether any damage or casualties occurred.
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WhereNew Britain
41.661, -72.779 ±10 km
First reported29 days ago
Published2026-09-26 14:22 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 5.6 earthquake reported in New Britain region of Papua New Guinea. 2026-09-26T14:22:59.879Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3627. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-26/m-5-6-new-britain-region-p-n-g-6570656e
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