Earthquake details

Wednesday, August 31, 1994 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, August 31, 1994 at 05:27 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 179.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.899 and latitude -5.534.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	19.4 km
Coordinates	-5.534, 145.899
UTC time	1994-08-31 05:27:27.720

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1994-08-31

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	179.6 km
Mount Hagen	188.3 km
Port Moresby	460.2 km
Jayapura	665.2 km
Abepura	670.0 km
Merauke	690.8 km
Wamena	787.5 km
Arawa	1073.2 km
Nabire	1179.1 km
Cairns	1268.0 km
Manokwari	1414.1 km
Tual	1456.5 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	206.0 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	144.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	108.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	178.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	154.4 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	94.8 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	219.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	89.3 km

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