Earthquake details

Monday, March 29, 1982 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, March 29, 1982 at 10:36 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 290.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.624 and latitude -3.652.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	21.2 km
Coordinates	-3.652, 145.624
UTC time	1982-03-29 10:36:42.210

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1982-03-29

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	290.1 km
Lae	374.2 km
Jayapura	559.3 km
Abepura	567.1 km
Port Moresby	670.1 km
Wamena	743.1 km
Merauke	790.3 km
Nabire	1125.3 km
Arawa	1139.2 km
Manokwari	1322.7 km
Tual	1444.9 km
Cairns	1477.5 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	393.6 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	310.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	295.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	329.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	317.0 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	280.5 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	373.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	275.5 km

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