Earthquake details

Sunday, March 3, 1985 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday, March 3, 1985 at 16:17 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 364.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.809 and latitude -3.455.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-3.455, 146.809
UTC time	1985-03-03 16:17:02.410

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1985-03-03

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	364.4 km
Mount Hagen	391.6 km
Port Moresby	671.5 km
Jayapura	684.8 km
Abepura	693.2 km
Wamena	876.1 km
Merauke	904.2 km
Arawa	1019.2 km
Nabire	1256.6 km
Manokwari	1446.7 km
Cairns	1503.6 km
Tual	1578.4 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	374.3 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	287.2 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	291.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	290.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	289.5 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	279.5 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	329.2 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	276.2 km

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