Earthquake details

Monday, June 2, 1997 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, June 2, 1997 at 19:25 UTC with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 397.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 148.282 and latitude -3.387.

Magnitude	5.6
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-3.387, 148.282
UTC time	1997-06-02 19:25:17.150

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1997-06-02

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	397.8 km
Mount Hagen	527.0 km
Port Moresby	689.4 km
Jayapura	846.2 km
Abepura	854.9 km
Arawa	867.7 km
Wamena	1039.8 km
Merauke	1041.1 km
Nabire	1420.3 km
Honiara	1455.1 km
Cairns	1531.8 km
Manokwari	1606.3 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	394.6 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	320.2 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	346.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	304.2 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	317.2 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	339.4 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	325.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	338.7 km

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