Earthquake details

Wednesday, January 5, 1994 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, January 5, 1994 at 10:11 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 165.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.803 and latitude -5.831.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	32.2 km
Coordinates	-5.831, 145.803
UTC time	1994-01-05 10:11:51.980

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1994-01-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	165.2 km
Mount Hagen	174.2 km
Port Moresby	432.3 km
Merauke	665.9 km
Jayapura	673.3 km
Abepura	677.5 km
Wamena	784.3 km
Arawa	1081.7 km
Nabire	1175.7 km
Cairns	1234.8 km
Manokwari	1416.5 km
Tual	1445.7 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	194.0 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	146.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	104.2 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	182.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	156.4 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	93.7 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	219.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	89.0 km

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