Earthquake details

Monday, January 22, 2007 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, January 22, 2007 at 19:25 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 367.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.350 and latitude -3.321.

Magnitude	5.8
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-3.321, 146.350
UTC time	2007-01-22 19:25:49.470

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2007-01-22

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	367.5 km
Lae	385.5 km
Jayapura	632.2 km
Abepura	640.7 km
Port Moresby	691.0 km
Wamena	826.8 km
Merauke	874.7 km
Arawa	1072.3 km
Nabire	1205.7 km
Manokwari	1393.8 km
Cairns	1515.6 km
Tual	1530.7 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	398.9 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	311.8 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	309.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	320.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	315.6 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	295.5 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	361.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	291.5 km

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