Earthquake details

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 00:44 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 365.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.432 and latitude -3.414.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	24.2 km
Coordinates	-3.414, 146.432
UTC time	2009-06-23 00:44:41.270

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2009-06-23

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	365.6 km
Lae	373.7 km
Jayapura	642.7 km
Abepura	651.1 km
Port Moresby	679.6 km
Wamena	834.8 km
Merauke	874.8 km
Arawa	1060.5 km
Nabire	1214.7 km
Manokwari	1404.7 km
Cairns	1505.6 km
Tual	1537.8 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	386.6 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	299.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	297.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	307.8 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	303.1 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	284.3 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	348.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	280.4 km

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