Earthquake details

Sunday, October 31, 1993 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday, October 31, 1993 at 10:59 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 158.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.966 and latitude -5.732.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-5.732, 145.966
UTC time	1993-10-31 10:59:53.090

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1993-10-31

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	158.7 km
Mount Hagen	192.7 km
Port Moresby	436.9 km
Jayapura	682.8 km
Merauke	687.0 km
Abepura	687.3 km
Wamena	799.4 km
Arawa	1064.3 km
Nabire	1190.9 km
Cairns	1246.0 km
Manokwari	1429.1 km
Tual	1463.7 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	186.0 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	130.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	91.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	166.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	140.8 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	78.8 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	205.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	73.6 km

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