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M4.9 Earthquake near Mendi Papua New Guinea

ActiveLow severityMendi, Papua New Guinea
Reported
2026-08-02 05:38 UTC(1 day ago)
Last update
2026-08-02 05:53 UTC(1 day ago)
Nearby cameras
0
Data sources
USGS

What’s happening

This page tracks a earthquake record for 36 km SSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea, alongside nearby public live cameras. No public live camera in the TubeTraveler directory currently falls inside the search radius for this event type.

A magnitude 4.9 event was located near 36 km SSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea on 2026-08-02 at 05:38 UTC. The hypocentre was reported at a depth of about 10 km. Every figure on this page is taken from the official sources credited below and may be revised as those agencies issue updates.

Magnitude
M4.9
Depth
10 km

Where it is

The event is recorded at 36 km SSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. Coordinates are -6.471, 143.588 — the single point agencies use to summarise the event, not the boundary of the area involved. Administratively this falls in Papua New Guinea.

No nearby live camera

No public live camera in the TubeTraveler directory currently falls inside the 150 km search radius used for this event type, so nothing has been attached here. Browse the full camera map instead.

Why these cameras were matched

No public live camera in the TubeTraveler directory currently falls inside the 150 km search radius used for this event type, so no camera has been attached to this page.

What the cameras cannot confirm

What a camera view cannot tell you is the scale of any damage, injuries, casualties or the condition of anyone involved, whether an official evacuation or alert is in force, anything happening outside the camera’s field of view, and the intensity of shaking at any particular address. There is also no guarantee that the event itself is visible from any of these cameras — a stream may be pointing elsewhere, be delayed, or be showing an ordinary day in a place that is otherwise affected.

Event location and nearby cameras

The circle marks the location reported by the source agency; squares mark public live cameras.

How this record was built

This record is built from data published by USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. Last data update: 2026-08-02 at 05:53 UTC.

Information on this page can change as agencies publish updates. Read the methodology · Report an error on this page

Official sources