Just 14 minutes ago, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Sunday, May 31st, 2026, at 8:45 am local time, at an intermediate depth of 103. km below the surface.The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 4.8 earthquake. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.8.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Finschhafen (pop. 1,100) located 83 km from the epicenter, Lae (pop. 76,300) 90 km away, Wau (pop. 14,600) 93 km away, and Bulolo (pop. 16,000) 103 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: May 31, 2026 08:45 am (GMT +10) local time (30 May 2026 22:45 GMT)Magnitude: 5.3Depth: 103.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 7.3°S / 147.57°E (Papua New Guinea)Primary data source: BMKG