Earthquake details

Wednesday, October 13, 1993 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, October 13, 1993 at 23:37 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 134.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.070 and latitude -5.944.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	32.6 km
Coordinates	-5.944, 146.070
UTC time	1993-10-13 23:37:59.790

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1993-10-13

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	134.3 km
Mount Hagen	203.9 km
Port Moresby	411.0 km
Merauke	687.1 km
Jayapura	705.0 km
Abepura	709.3 km
Wamena	816.1 km
Arawa	1051.6 km
Nabire	1207.3 km
Cairns	1222.7 km
Manokwari	1448.7 km
Tual	1475.3 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	162.5 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	115.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	72.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	152.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	125.7 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	63.0 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	188.2 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	58.8 km

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