Earthquake details

Monday, October 25, 1993 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, October 25, 1993 at 10:07 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 150.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.933 and latitude -5.882.

Magnitude	5.9
Alert	Strong
Depth	18.1 km
Coordinates	-5.882, 145.933
UTC time	1993-10-25 10:07:11.580

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1993-10-25

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	150.4 km
Mount Hagen	188.5 km
Port Moresby	422.2 km
Merauke	676.3 km
Jayapura	688.5 km
Abepura	692.8 km
Wamena	799.7 km
Arawa	1067.0 km
Nabire	1191.0 km
Cairns	1229.3 km
Manokwari	1432.0 km
Tual	1460.1 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	178.9 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	131.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	88.8 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	167.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	141.4 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	78.7 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	204.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	74.1 km

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