Earthquake details

Sunday, April 25, 1982 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday, April 25, 1982 at 09:23 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 350.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.322 and latitude -3.502.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-3.502, 146.322
UTC time	1982-04-25 09:23:59.830

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1982-04-25

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	350.1 km
Lae	366.3 km
Jayapura	632.2 km
Abepura	640.4 km
Port Moresby	671.4 km
Wamena	821.7 km
Merauke	859.2 km
Arawa	1069.2 km
Nabire	1202.5 km
Manokwari	1394.7 km
Cairns	1495.3 km
Tual	1524.2 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	380.3 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	293.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	289.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	303.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	297.5 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	275.9 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	345.2 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	271.8 km

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