Earthquake details

Sunday, January 15, 1995 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday, January 15, 1995 at 12:57 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 327.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.879 and latitude -3.414.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-3.414, 145.879
UTC time	1995-01-15 12:57:30.480

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1995-01-15

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	327.8 km
Lae	388.7 km
Jayapura	582.0 km
Abepura	590.3 km
Port Moresby	689.4 km
Wamena	773.6 km
Merauke	829.1 km
Arawa	1119.2 km
Nabire	1153.3 km
Manokwari	1344.5 km
Tual	1477.3 km
Cairns	1503.9 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	405.7 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	320.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	310.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	335.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	325.7 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	295.7 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	378.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	291.0 km

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