Earthquake details

Monday, January 6, 1986 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, January 6, 1986 at 00:20 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 321.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.884 and latitude -3.485.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-3.485, 145.884
UTC time	1986-01-06 00:20:27.100

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1986-01-06

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	321.6 km
Lae	381.0 km
Jayapura	583.9 km
Abepura	592.1 km
Port Moresby	681.6 km
Wamena	773.4 km
Merauke	824.1 km
Arawa	1116.4 km
Nabire	1153.9 km
Manokwari	1346.7 km
Tual	1476.5 km
Cairns	1496.0 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	398.2 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	313.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	302.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	328.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	318.4 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	288.0 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	371.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	283.3 km

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