Earthquake details

Friday, January 11, 1974 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Friday, January 11, 1974 at 01:08 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 95.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 144.290 and latitude -4.998.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	117.0 km
Coordinates	-4.998, 144.290
UTC time	1974-01-11 01:08:56.300

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

Earthquake map 1974-01-11

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	95.9 km
Lae	355.9 km
Jayapura	482.3 km
Abepura	486.3 km
Merauke	579.8 km
Port Moresby	590.2 km
Wamena	601.2 km
Nabire	992.7 km
Manokwari	1226.3 km
Arawa	1256.7 km
Tual	1280.7 km
Cairns	1337.3 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	167.4 km
M 4.5 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-26 17:20 UTC	160.9 km
M 4.7 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-19 22:28 UTC	162.5 km
M 5.0 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-03 01:26 UTC	173.9 km
M 4.3 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-12-20 21:20 UTC	185.9 km
M 4.7 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-10-01 02:13 UTC	192.7 km
M 4.3 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-06-19 10:57 UTC	0.7 km

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