Earthquake details

Monday, August 22, 1983 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, August 22, 1983 at 23:16 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 355.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.641 and latitude -3.552.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	20.9 km
Coordinates	-3.552, 146.641
UTC time	1983-08-22 23:16:36.750

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1983-08-22

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	355.2 km
Mount Hagen	370.6 km
Port Moresby	662.0 km
Jayapura	668.1 km
Abepura	676.3 km
Wamena	856.6 km
Merauke	882.9 km
Arawa	1033.7 km
Nabire	1238.0 km
Manokwari	1430.6 km
Cairns	1491.6 km
Tual	1558.3 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	366.7 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	279.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	280.8 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	285.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	282.4 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	268.1 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	325.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	264.5 km

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