Earthquake details

Monday, June 3, 1991 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, June 3, 1991 at 12:01 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 142.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.510 and latitude -5.762.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	107.6 km
Coordinates	-5.762, 145.510
UTC time	1991-06-03 12:01:13.420

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1991-06-03

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	142.1 km
Lae	196.2 km
Port Moresby	451.5 km
Merauke	640.8 km
Jayapura	642.0 km
Abepura	646.0 km
Wamena	751.0 km
Arawa	1114.5 km
Nabire	1142.3 km
Cairns	1242.8 km
Manokwari	1383.6 km
Tual	1413.2 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	225.6 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	179.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	137.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	215.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	189.6 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	126.9 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	253.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	122.1 km

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