Earthquake details

Saturday, January 3, 1953 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Saturday, January 3, 1953 at 17:46 UTC with a magnitude of 6.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 382.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.835 and latitude -3.295.

Magnitude	6.0
Alert	Severe
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	-3.295, 146.835
UTC time	1953-01-03 17:46:49.330

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1953-01-03

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	382.1 km
Mount Hagen	406.0 km
Jayapura	685.3 km
Port Moresby	689.1 km
Abepura	693.9 km
Wamena	880.7 km
Merauke	917.6 km
Arawa	1022.1 km
Nabire	1259.6 km
Manokwari	1446.2 km
Cairns	1521.6 km
Tual	1584.2 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	391.5 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	304.6 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	309.6 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	307.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	306.7 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	297.4 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	345.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	294.2 km

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