Earthquake details

Thursday, April 26, 1973 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Thursday, April 26, 1973 at 20:06 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 54.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 144.304 and latitude -6.345.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	23.0 km
Coordinates	-6.345, 144.304
UTC time	1973-04-26 20:06:53.000

Location	Mount Hagen
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1973-04-26

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	54.9 km
Lae	300.7 km
Port Moresby	469.1 km
Merauke	492.6 km
Jayapura	581.7 km
Abepura	583.2 km
Wamena	644.3 km
Nabire	1031.3 km
Cairns	1188.3 km
Arawa	1246.2 km
Tual	1281.4 km
Manokwari	1290.6 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.5 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-27 07:46 UTC	66.0 km
M 4.5 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-26 17:20 UTC	60.7 km
M 4.7 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-19 22:28 UTC	66.2 km
M 5.0 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-03 01:26 UTC	71.6 km
M 4.3 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-12-20 21:20 UTC	71.2 km
M 4.7 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-10-01 02:13 UTC	48.4 km
M 4.3 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-06-19 10:57 UTC	149.1 km

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