Earthquake details

Saturday, April 24, 1976 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Saturday, April 24, 1976 at 19:14 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 161.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.067 and latitude -5.607.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	56.0 km
Coordinates	-5.607, 146.067
UTC time	1976-04-24 19:14:39.300

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1976-04-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	161.3 km
Mount Hagen	205.3 km
Port Moresby	447.1 km
Jayapura	685.4 km
Abepura	690.2 km
Merauke	703.4 km
Wamena	807.3 km
Arawa	1054.0 km
Nabire	1198.9 km
Cairns	1260.2 km
Manokwari	1434.4 km
Tual	1475.0 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	187.0 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	124.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	88.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	158.2 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	134.1 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	74.7 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	199.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	69.2 km

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