Earthquake details

Sunday, May 11, 2014 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday, May 11, 2014 at 01:10 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 341.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.111 and latitude -3.434.

Magnitude	5.9
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-3.434, 146.111
UTC time	2014-05-11 01:10:15.720

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2014-05-11

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	341.1 km
Lae	379.1 km
Jayapura	607.8 km
Abepura	616.1 km
Port Moresby	682.5 km
Wamena	799.0 km
Merauke	846.6 km
Arawa	1093.9 km
Nabire	1179.1 km
Manokwari	1370.2 km
Cairns	1502.2 km
Tual	1502.3 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	394.6 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	308.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	301.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	320.5 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	312.9 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	287.3 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	363.1 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	282.9 km

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