Earthquake details

Tuesday, March 27, 1984 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, March 27, 1984 at 20:06 UTC with a magnitude of 6.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 220.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.805 and latitude -4.647.

Magnitude	6.5
Alert	Severe
Depth	27.6 km
Coordinates	-4.647, 145.805
UTC time	1984-03-27 20:06:33.250

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1984-03-27

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	220.5 km
Lae	266.1 km
Port Moresby	557.9 km
Jayapura	612.1 km
Abepura	618.3 km
Merauke	735.0 km
Wamena	763.5 km
Arawa	1095.9 km
Nabire	1153.2 km
Cairns	1366.6 km
Manokwari	1371.5 km
Tual	1451.3 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	288.1 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	210.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	188.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	235.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	218.1 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	173.0 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	279.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	167.7 km

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