Earthquake details

Saturday, June 18, 2011 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 00:58 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 186.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.835 and latitude -5.345.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	104.3 km
Coordinates	-5.345, 145.835
UTC time	2011-06-18 00:58:19.330

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

Earthquake map 2011-06-18

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	186.7 km
Lae	200.2 km
Port Moresby	482.4 km
Jayapura	648.7 km
Abepura	653.7 km
Merauke	695.1 km
Wamena	776.6 km
Arawa	1082.2 km
Nabire	1168.1 km
Cairns	1288.9 km
Manokwari	1400.0 km
Tual	1450.0 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	262.3 km
M 4.5 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-26 17:20 UTC	255.5 km
M 4.7 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-19 22:28 UTC	260.2 km
M 5.0 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-03 01:26 UTC	269.0 km
M 4.3 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-12-20 21:20 UTC	272.4 km
M 4.7 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-10-01 02:13 UTC	247.1 km
M 4.3 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-06-19 10:57 UTC	175.3 km

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