Earthquake details

Saturday, June 28, 2003 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Saturday, June 28, 2003 at 15:29 UTC with a magnitude of 6.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 353.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.148 and latitude -3.325.

Magnitude	6.3
Alert	Severe
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-3.325, 146.148
UTC time	2003-06-28 15:29:42.260

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 2003-06-28

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	353.2 km
Lae	389.8 km
Jayapura	610.0 km
Abepura	618.5 km
Port Moresby	693.8 km
Wamena	804.4 km
Merauke	857.8 km
Arawa	1093.5 km
Nabire	1183.2 km
Manokwari	1371.8 km
Tual	1508.5 km
Cairns	1514.4 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	404.8 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	318.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	312.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	329.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	322.6 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	298.3 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	371.6 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	294.0 km

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