Earthquake details

Monday, June 22, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 22:05 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 366.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.482 and latitude -3.453.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	46.8 km
Coordinates	-3.453, 146.482
UTC time	2009-06-22 22:05:15.600

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2009-06-22

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	366.1 km
Lae	368.5 km
Jayapura	648.9 km
Abepura	657.2 km
Port Moresby	674.7 km
Wamena	839.9 km
Merauke	876.2 km
Arawa	1053.9 km
Nabire	1220.3 km
Manokwari	1411.0 km
Cairns	1501.6 km
Tual	1542.6 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	381.1 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	293.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	292.9 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	301.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	297.4 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	279.6 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	342.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	275.8 km

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