Earthquake details

Monday, January 5, 1998 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, January 5, 1998 at 04:12 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 165.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.720 and latitude -5.786.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	115.5 km
Coordinates	-5.786, 145.720
UTC time	1998-01-05 04:12:31.840

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1998-01-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	165.1 km
Lae	175.6 km
Port Moresby	440.2 km
Merauke	660.1 km
Jayapura	662.9 km
Abepura	667.1 km
Wamena	774.2 km
Arawa	1091.1 km
Nabire	1165.6 km
Cairns	1239.8 km
Manokwari	1406.1 km
Tual	1436.5 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	204.4 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	156.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	114.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	192.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	166.2 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	103.6 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	229.8 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	98.8 km

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