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Magnitude 5.3 earthquake reported in New Britain region of Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has been reported in the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea. The event was recorded by a single reporting source. It is not yet known whether the tremor caused damage or casualties.
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WhereNew Britain
41.661, -72.779 ±10 km
First reported12 days ago
Published2026-10-13 15:01 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 5.3 earthquake reported in New Britain region of Papua New Guinea. 2026-10-13T15:01:38.782Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5751. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-13/m-5-3-new-britain-region-p-n-g-fdb58eaf
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