M5.6 quake 72 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea leads 36 notable earthquakes on 26 September 2026
Daily planet briefing
Quakes M2.5+
36
36 of any size
Strongest
M5.6
72 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Other hazards
22
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
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Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 36 earthquakes in total, 36 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is busier than the previous week's average of 18 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 5.6 72 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 70 km. 1 person reported feeling it.
Across the day, 11 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 36 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
- 5.672 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea26 Sept 2026, 14:08 UTC · 70 km deep
- 5.368 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia26 Sept 2026, 01:10 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.378 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia26 Sept 2026, 12:14 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.2148 km NW of Kilmia, Yemen26 Sept 2026, 16:33 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.164 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia26 Sept 2026, 05:50 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.168 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia26 Sept 2026, 07:08 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.084 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia26 Sept 2026, 07:22 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.078 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia26 Sept 2026, 08:24 UTC · 10 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 4 floods, 18 wildfires.
Sky & Space
3 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 TS1), came within 8.3 lunar distances and is 29 m across.
2 orbital launches were scheduled.