Earthquake details

Monday, April 11, 2005 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, April 11, 2005 at 12:20 UTC with a magnitude of 6.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 323.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.909 and latitude -3.484.

Magnitude	6.6
Alert	Severe
Depth	11.4 km
Coordinates	-3.484, 145.909
UTC time	2005-04-11 12:20:05.960

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 2005-04-11

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	323.2 km
Lae	380.2 km
Jayapura	586.7 km
Abepura	594.8 km
Port Moresby	681.1 km
Wamena	776.2 km
Merauke	826.2 km
Arawa	1113.8 km
Nabire	1156.6 km
Manokwari	1349.4 km
Tual	1479.2 km
Cairns	1496.2 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	397.2 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	311.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	301.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	326.6 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	287.3 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	370.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	282.6 km

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