Earthquake details

Monday, October 25, 1993 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, October 25, 1993 at 10:27 UTC with a magnitude of 6.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 143.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.990 and latitude -5.909.

Magnitude	6.7
Alert	Severe
Depth	30.4 km
Coordinates	-5.909, 145.990
UTC time	1993-10-25 10:27:04.510

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1993-10-25

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	143.6 km
Mount Hagen	194.9 km
Port Moresby	417.3 km
Merauke	680.7 km
Jayapura	695.4 km
Abepura	699.7 km
Wamena	806.5 km
Arawa	1060.6 km
Nabire	1197.8 km
Cairns	1226.4 km
Manokwari	1439.0 km
Tual	1466.4 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	172.0 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	124.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	82.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	161.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	134.8 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	72.1 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	197.6 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	67.6 km

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