M6.2 quake 79 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea leads 53 notable earthquakes on 11 October 2026
Quakes M2.5+
53
53 of any size
Strongest
M6.2
79 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
Other hazards
8
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
4.0
Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 53 earthquakes in total, 53 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is busier than the previous week's average of 28 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 6.2 79 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 54 km.
Across the day, 1 quake reached magnitude 6 or more, 6 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 33 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
The most active countries were United States (13), Panama (3) and U.S. Virgin Islands (2).
- 6.279 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea11 Oct 2026, 14:07 UTC · 54 km deep
- 5.2180 km S of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia11 Oct 2026, 03:30 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.218 km SSE of Camaná, Peru11 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · 45 km deep
- 5.2101 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia11 Oct 2026, 17:00 UTC · 83 km deep
- 5.2152 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia11 Oct 2026, 21:34 UTC · 111 km deep
- 5.03 km NW of Flores, Panama11 Oct 2026, 01:50 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.9southern East Pacific Rise11 Oct 2026, 21:53 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.8165 km SSE of Miyakojima, Japan11 Oct 2026, 12:13 UTC · 10 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 2 floods, 6 wildfires.
Sky & Space
The planetary K-index peaked at Kp 4.0, active conditions.
5 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 TP35), came within 0.6 lunar distances and is 7 m across.