Earthquake details

Tuesday, May 20, 1930 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, May 20, 1930 at 07:43 UTC with a magnitude of 6.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 355.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.266 and latitude -3.393.

Magnitude	6.0
Alert	Severe
Depth	35.0 km
Coordinates	-3.393, 146.266
UTC time	1930-05-20 07:43:07.430

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1930-05-20

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	355.3 km
Lae	379.5 km
Jayapura	624.1 km
Abepura	632.5 km
Port Moresby	684.3 km
Wamena	816.6 km
Merauke	862.4 km
Arawa	1078.8 km
Nabire	1196.3 km
Manokwari	1386.2 km
Cairns	1507.2 km
Tual	1520.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.8 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-04-04 10:48 UTC	393.7 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	306.8 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	302.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	317.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	310.9 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	288.7 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	358.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	284.6 km

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