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Earthquake with magnitude 5.70 occurred near Bismarck Sea, Melanesia at February 21, 2026, 6:18:44 AM GMT

Magnitude 5.70 mw
Location

Bismarck Sea, Melanesia

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Depth
71.1 km
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Intensity (MMI) Instrumental intensity was not provided by the source for this event.
Intensity (CDI) Felt-report intensity was not provided by the source for this event.

Nearest cities

  • 98.33 km northeast of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
  • 186.96 km east of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
  • 205.27 km northwest of Lae, Papua New Guinea
  • 486.76 km north of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

This page aggregates data from seismic catalogs. It is not an earthquake early-warning system; event parameters may be revised.

Events nearby

Events within 300 km and 7 days before or after this event, limited to 10 nearest results.

  1. Magnitude 5.50 Bismarck Sea, Melanesia 5.73 km
  2. Magnitude 6.28 Bismarck Sea, Melanesia 11.54 km
  3. Magnitude 4.20 Bismarck Sea, Melanesia 13.27 km
  4. Magnitude 6.32 Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, Madang 46.29 km
  5. Magnitude 4.50 Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, Morobe 117.14 km
  6. Magnitude 4.70 Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, Morobe 123.24 km
  7. Magnitude 5.20 Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, Morobe 123.7 km
  8. Magnitude 4.30 Bismarck Sea, Bismarck Archipelago 157.07 km
  9. Magnitude 4.60 Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, Morobe 171.06 km
  10. Magnitude 4.60 Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, Morobe 196.02 km

Source

#20260221_0000091, EMSC · 5°18' S, 145°48' E