M 5.5 in Papua New Guinea on 25 Feb 2026 11:14 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 72.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.2615 , 145.9051
Event Date: 25 Feb 2026 11:14 UTC
25 Feb 2026 21:14 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand in MMI V
Source: NEIC us7000s06i
Inserted at: 25 Feb 2026 11:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 7.6 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000s06i Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
  Score no CC 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1689721 0 25 Feb 2026 11:14 5.5M, 72.1km 4.73 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

Intensity Population
14000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

LevelShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1689721 145.905/-5.262 5.5 72.1 4.498 25 Feb 2026 21:00 09:46 (new episode)
2 0 1689721 145.905/-5.262 5.5 72.1 4.498 26 Feb 2026 14:00 1d 02:46 (upd of #1)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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