Earthquake details

Thursday, August 23, 2001 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Thursday, August 23, 2001 at 21:45 UTC with a magnitude of 6.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 360.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.311 and latitude -3.373.

Magnitude	6.2
Alert	Severe
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-3.373, 146.311
UTC time	2001-08-23 21:45:03.160

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 2001-08-23

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	360.2 km
Lae	380.6 km
Jayapura	628.7 km
Abepura	637.2 km
Port Moresby	685.8 km
Wamena	821.8 km
Merauke	867.7 km
Arawa	1074.7 km
Nabire	1201.3 km
Manokwari	1390.6 km
Cairns	1509.6 km
Tual	1525.4 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	394.5 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	307.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	303.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	317.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	311.4 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	290.3 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	358.6 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	286.2 km

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