Earthquake details

Monday, November 1, 1993 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, November 1, 1993 at 05:01 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 131.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.246 and latitude -5.806.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	17.9 km
Coordinates	-5.806, 146.246
UTC time	1993-11-01 05:01:53.130

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1993-11-01

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	131.6 km
Mount Hagen	223.3 km
Port Moresby	420.7 km
Merauke	711.3 km
Jayapura	713.6 km
Abepura	718.3 km
Wamena	831.4 km
Arawa	1032.8 km
Nabire	1222.9 km
Cairns	1238.7 km
Manokwari	1460.9 km
Tual	1494.7 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	157.3 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	98.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	59.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	134.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	108.7 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	46.9 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	173.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	41.6 km

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