Earthquake details

Sunday, April 1, 1984 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday, April 1, 1984 at 08:54 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 210.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.659 and latitude -4.606.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	26.7 km
Coordinates	-4.606, 145.659
UTC time	1984-04-01 08:54:24.190

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1984-04-01

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	210.9 km
Lae	278.4 km
Port Moresby	566.7 km
Jayapura	595.4 km
Abepura	601.6 km
Merauke	724.7 km
Wamena	747.1 km
Arawa	1112.6 km
Nabire	1136.5 km
Manokwari	1354.7 km
Cairns	1371.2 km
Tual	1435.5 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	301.2 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	224.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	200.8 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	250.6 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	185.9 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	295.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	180.5 km

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