Overall Green Earthquake in Papua New Guinea on 30 Apr 2026 13:27 UTC

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M 5.7 in Papua New Guinea on 30 Apr 2026 13:27 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:	5.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.4749 , 148.8139
Event Date:	30 Apr 2026 13:27 UTC 30 Apr 2026 23:27 Local
Exposed Population:	80 thousand in MMI>=III
Source:	NEIC us7000sh8r
Inserted at:	30 Apr 2026 13:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Papua New Guinea)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000sh8r	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

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1703154		0	30 Apr 2026 13:27	5.7M, 10km	3.69	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

The earthquake happened in Papua New Guinea ,of New Ireland (population 90,000) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1703154	148.814/-3.475	5.7	10	3.496	30 Apr 2026 13:50	00:23	(new episode)
2	1703154	148.814/-3.475	5.7	10	3.496	30 Apr 2026 13:57	00:29	(upd of #1)
3	1703154	148.814/-3.475	5.7	10	3.489	30 Apr 2026 15:51	02:24	(upd of #2)
4	1703154	148.814/-3.475	5.7	10	3.489	01 May 2026 14:00	1d 00:33	(upd of #3)
5	1703154	148.802/-3.445	5.7	10	3.495	11 May 2026 02:02	10d 12:35	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	no people
New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	6300 people
Manus	Papua New Guinea	<1000 people
West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	no people
Madang	Papua New Guinea	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lambe	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	149 km
Witu Mission	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	151 km
Potpot	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	152 km
Widu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	154 km
Chakol	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	156 km
Lama	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	158 km
Bali-Witu	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	159 km
Bali	West New Britain	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	163 km
Au	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	168 km
Umbukul	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	169 km
Wassanga	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	171 km
Neingang	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	172 km
Belewaia	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	172 km
Metakabil	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	172 km
Baungnung	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	173 km
Penchal	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	173 km
Metakabil Plantation	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	174 km
Buteilong	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	174 km
Lenkau	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	175 km
Tiopotuk	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	175 km
Metamoli	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	175 km
Woi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	178 km
Sosson	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	178 km
Metevoi	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	180 km
Ungalabu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	181 km
Matailanga	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	184 km
Neikonomon	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	184 km
Kung	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	187 km
Tabut	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	188 km
Kulungat	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	188 km
Lavongai	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	188 km
Dunung	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	189 km
Meterankan	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	190 km
Meterankasing	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	191 km
Min	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	194 km
Konmavul	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	194 km
Mok	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	197 km
Tong	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	197 km
Manuai	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	198 km
Potpotingan	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	198 km
Puas Mission	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	199 km
Bclupa	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	199 km
Metamin	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	200 km
Hahai	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	201 km
Mataniu	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	202 km
Baun	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	203 km
Mantania	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	203 km
Narimlaua	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	203 km
Rei	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	203 km
Solang	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	204 km
Neinga	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	204 km
Mosuang	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	205 km
Upuos	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	205 km
Konematalik	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	210 km
Tsoilik	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	213 km
Kulaunus	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	215 km
Pasan	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	216 km
Ungakum	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	217 km
Kauilikau	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	217 km
Koruniat	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	233 km
Ndrilo	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	235 km
Tasagina	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	239 km
Lolo	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	242 km
Bapi	Manus	Papua New Guinea	Village	-	245 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Witu	WIU	1	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3000	151 km
Puas	PUA	unknown				0	198 km
Taskul	TSK	unknown				0	203 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Peter Haven		Papua New Guinea	155 km

More information

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