Observed earthquake
33 km ESE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea
Recent observationReported by 3 agencies. Every solution below is that agency's own measurement, stored unaltered.
Agency solutions
The same earthquake as measured independently by each agency. Values are never averaged or rewritten.
| Agency | Magnitude | Depth | Origin time | Epicentre | Review status | Source record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOFONGFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences | M5.5 mb | 10 km | 2026-10-25 10:30:21 UTC | 4.21°S, 143.05°E | Not stated | gfz2026uxlf ↗ |
| USGSUnited States Geological Survey | M5.4 mww | 72 km | 2026-10-25 10:30:27 UTC | 4.36°S, 143.08°E | Reviewed by an analyst75 stations | us6000u4tq ↗ |
| EMSCEuropean-Mediterranean Seismological Centre | M5.4 mw | 89 km | 2026-10-25 10:30:29 UTC | 4.34°S, 143.02°E | Not stated | 20261025_0000139 ↗ |
Source: Earthquake solutions from the GEOFON programme, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences. · Retrieved: 2026-10-27 13:25:52 UTC · grouped with match confidence 83%
Source: Earthquake data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. · Retrieved: 2026-10-27 13:25:48 UTC · grouped with match confidence 93%
Source: Earthquake data from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) via SeismicPortal. · Retrieved: 2026-10-27 13:25:50 UTC
Why the agencies differ
Differences of a few tenths of a magnitude unit and tens of kilometres are normal and expected. Each agency uses a different set of seismic stations, a different velocity model for the Earth's interior, and sometimes a different magnitude scale altogether. None of them is “wrong”; they are independent measurements of the same event.
Prakruti groups solutions only when they agree closely in both time and location, and shows the preferred solution — favouring an analyst-reviewed moment magnitude where one exists — while keeping every other solution visible above.
Felt reports
Felt reports are crowd-sourced and reflect where people had internet access and chose to respond. They are not a complete map of who felt the earthquake.