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M 4.7 - 147 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

Magnitude 4.7, depth 10 km. reviewed by USGS.

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Earthquake time
18 October 2026 at 22:06 UTC
First saved by us
18 October 2026 at 22:32 UTC
Last included in a daily record
19 October 2026

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Source classification
M4.7 · reviewed

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The saved record

What changed

1 update · 1 first record

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  1. Saved by us

    Version 2

    Earthquake location revised

    Title
    Before

    M 4.7 - 150 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

    After

    M 4.7 - 147 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

    Earthquake time
    Before

    18 October 2026 at 22:06:14.367 UTC

    After

    18 October 2026 at 22:06:13.969 UTC

    Source updated
    Before

    18 October 2026 at 22:22 UTC

    After

    18 October 2026 at 22:35 UTC

    Reported area
    Before

    150 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

    After

    147 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

    Reported position
    Before

    5.65°S, 151.87°E

    After

    5.60°S, 151.84°E

    Earthquake time: 18 October 2026 at 22:06 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

    {
  "id": "usgs:us6000u38b",
  "category": "earthquake",
  "title": "M 4.7 - 147 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea",
  "occurredAt": "2026-10-18T22:06:13.969Z",
  "issuedAt": "2026-10-18T22:35:20.040Z",
  "place": "147 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea",
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u38b",
  "coordinates": [
    151.8407,
    -5.6049
  ],
  "magnitude": 4.7,
  "depth": 10,
  "severity": "M4.7",
  "status": "reviewed",
  "summary": "Magnitude 4.7, depth 10 km. reviewed by USGS.",
  "source": "usgs",
  "sourceName": "USGS",
  "timeBasis": "Event started",
  "revision": "1e6b5d966cb4df4e65714cb91148393b4de7f9c3f50137aa189d5b765f2cc02d"
}
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First saved record · 18 October 2026 at 22:32 UTC

  1. Saved by us

    Starting point

    First saved record

    Our first saved version of M 4.7 - 150 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Earthquake time: 18 October 2026 at 22:06 UTC

    View saved version 1

    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

    {
  "id": "usgs:us6000u38b",
  "category": "earthquake",
  "title": "M 4.7 - 150 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea",
  "occurredAt": "2026-10-18T22:06:14.367Z",
  "issuedAt": "2026-10-18T22:22:50.040Z",
  "place": "150 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea",
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u38b",
  "coordinates": [
    151.8682,
    -5.6455
  ],
  "magnitude": 4.7,
  "depth": 10,
  "severity": "M4.7",
  "status": "reviewed",
  "summary": "Magnitude 4.7, depth 10 km. reviewed by USGS.",
  "source": "usgs",
  "sourceName": "USGS",
  "timeBasis": "Event started",
  "revision": "632971497e0f624632d38211052b6377b60bcb997036be25dfc74bd299481298"
}
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