Earthquake details

Monday, April 21, 1975 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, April 21, 1975 at 03:49 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 393.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 147.064 and latitude -3.192.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-3.192, 147.064
UTC time	1975-04-21 03:49:17.900

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1975-04-21

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	393.2 km
Mount Hagen	432.3 km
Port Moresby	699.7 km
Jayapura	709.3 km
Abepura	718.1 km
Wamena	907.2 km
Merauke	944.6 km
Arawa	1001.9 km
Nabire	1285.2 km
Manokwari	1469.2 km
Cairns	1535.2 km
Honiara	1585.3 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	400.7 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	314.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	323.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	314.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	315.8 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	311.7 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	350.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	308.8 km

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