Earthquake details

Monday, July 29, 1974 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, July 29, 1974 at 09:06 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 308.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.647 and latitude -3.473.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	23.0 km
Coordinates	-3.473, 145.647
UTC time	1974-07-29 09:06:49.900

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1974-07-29

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	308.5 km
Lae	391.5 km
Jayapura	557.8 km
Abepura	565.9 km
Port Moresby	688.8 km
Wamena	747.3 km
Merauke	805.9 km
Nabire	1127.5 km
Arawa	1142.1 km
Manokwari	1320.7 km
Tual	1450.8 km
Cairns	1497.4 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	410.2 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	326.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	312.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	343.6 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	332.4 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	297.9 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	387.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	293.0 km

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