M5.3 quake 69 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea leads 12 notable earthquakes on 24 September 2026
Daily planet briefing
Quakes M2.5+
12
12 of any size
Strongest
M5.3
69 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
Other hazards
39
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
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Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 12 earthquakes in total, 12 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is quieter than the previous week's average of 20 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 5.3 69 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 69 km.
Across the day, 5 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 12 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
- 5.369 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea24 Sept 2026, 23:30 UTC · 69 km deep
- 5.2139 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea24 Sept 2026, 12:29 UTC · 96 km deep
- 5.120 km SW of Hilvan, Turkey24 Sept 2026, 07:40 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.133 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea24 Sept 2026, 18:00 UTC · 101 km deep
- 5.0Kermadec Islands, New Zealand24 Sept 2026, 22:22 UTC · 49 km deep
- 4.9Kermadec Islands, New Zealand24 Sept 2026, 11:08 UTC · 35 km deep
- 4.6215 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia24 Sept 2026, 00:26 UTC · 35 km deep
- 4.623 km NNW of Rioblanco, Colombia24 Sept 2026, 16:46 UTC · 10 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 1 flood, 1 storm, 37 wildfires.
Sky & Space
3 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 RC49), came within 11.1 lunar distances and is 24 m across.
1 orbital launch was scheduled.