Earthquake details

Thursday, August 23, 2001 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Thursday, August 23, 2001 at 23:56 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 399.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.724 and latitude -3.144.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-3.144, 146.724
UTC time	2001-08-23 23:56:45.560

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2001-08-23

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	399.6 km
Mount Hagen	409.6 km
Jayapura	671.2 km
Abepura	680.0 km
Port Moresby	706.6 km
Wamena	870.3 km
Merauke	919.0 km
Arawa	1039.3 km
Nabire	1247.6 km
Manokwari	1431.0 km
Cairns	1537.5 km
Tual	1575.1 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	409.9 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	322.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	326.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	326.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	325.2 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	313.6 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	365.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	310.1 km

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