Christiansburg Well Hydrograph after Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake 139 km Southeast of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea

By Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center October 10, 2025

Time of Earthquake shown as a red line just before water level oscillations are recorded.

Detailed Description

Water level response in the Christiansburg Well to a magnitude 6.3 earthquake 139 km southeast of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This water level response is likely compounded by the effects of the magnitude 7.4 earthquake 12 km east of Santiago, Philippines which occurred 24 minutes earlier.

See the water level data here.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

Important: Data may be provisional

Data retrieved from USGS Earthquake Catalog using rcomcat and Water Data for the Nation using dataRetrieval