Earthquake details

Sunday, June 12, 2011 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 19:52 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 144.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 143.729 and latitude -4.659.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	99.2 km
Coordinates	-4.659, 143.729
UTC time	2011-06-12 19:52:29.900

Location	Mount Hagen
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2011-06-12

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	144.5 km
Jayapura	409.7 km
Abepura	413.6 km
Lae	428.7 km
Wamena	534.3 km
Merauke	563.7 km
Port Moresby	656.1 km
Nabire	925.1 km
Manokwari	1154.6 km
Tual	1221.7 km
Arawa	1323.3 km
Cairns	1383.3 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.5 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-27 07:46 UTC	192.3 km
M 4.5 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-26 17:20 UTC	187.3 km
M 4.7 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-19 22:28 UTC	186.7 km
M 5.0 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-03 01:26 UTC	197.2 km
M 4.3 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-12-20 21:20 UTC	211.7 km
M 4.7 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-10-01 02:13 UTC	232.2 km
M 4.3 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-06-19 10:57 UTC	73.0 km

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