Earthquake details

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 20:08 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 140.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.328 and latitude -5.655.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	49.0 km
Coordinates	-5.655, 146.328
UTC time	2015-01-21 20:08:33.600

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2015-01-21

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	140.1 km
Mount Hagen	233.4 km
Port Moresby	435.1 km
Jayapura	713.2 km
Abepura	718.1 km
Merauke	726.7 km
Wamena	836.7 km
Arawa	1024.8 km
Nabire	1228.3 km
Cairns	1255.9 km
Manokwari	1463.3 km
Tual	1503.9 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	163.6 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	95.8 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	63.3 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	129.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	105.4 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	48.6 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	170.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	43.0 km

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