Earthquake details

Tuesday, January 2, 1990 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, January 2, 1990 at 08:22 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 330.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.947 and latitude -3.433.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-3.433, 145.947
UTC time	1990-01-02 08:22:56.570

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1990-01-02

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	330.3 km
Lae	384.3 km
Jayapura	589.8 km
Abepura	598.1 km
Port Moresby	685.9 km
Wamena	780.9 km
Merauke	833.2 km
Arawa	1111.4 km
Nabire	1160.8 km
Manokwari	1352.4 km
Tual	1484.4 km
Cairns	1501.9 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	400.9 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	315.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	305.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	329.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	320.5 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	291.6 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	372.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	287.0 km

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