Earthquake details

Saturday, March 31, 1984 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Saturday, March 31, 1984 at 13:24 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 201.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.601 and latitude -4.671.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	28.7 km
Coordinates	-4.671, 145.601
UTC time	1984-03-31 13:24:35.920

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1984-03-31

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	201.3 km
Lae	275.8 km
Port Moresby	561.7 km
Jayapura	592.3 km
Abepura	598.3 km
Merauke	715.2 km
Wamena	741.2 km
Arawa	1117.8 km
Nabire	1131.0 km
Manokwari	1350.8 km
Cairns	1364.1 km
Tual	1428.5 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	299.3 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	224.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	198.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	251.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	232.9 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	184.0 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	295.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	178.5 km

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