Earthquake details

Tuesday, March 21, 1989 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, March 21, 1989 at 00:34 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 136.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.914 and latitude -5.500.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	183.5 km
Coordinates	-5.500, 146.914
UTC time	1989-03-21 00:34:14.830

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1989-03-21

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	136.5 km
Mount Hagen	299.9 km
Port Moresby	443.5 km
Jayapura	763.1 km
Abepura	768.7 km
Merauke	792.7 km
Wamena	897.3 km
Arawa	961.5 km
Cairns	1277.8 km
Nabire	1288.8 km
Honiara	1503.7 km
Manokwari	1518.3 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	148.7 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	61.8 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	67.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	80.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	66.9 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	59.7 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	125.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	59.1 km

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