Earthquake details

Monday, August 7, 2017 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 11:07 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 380.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.827 and latitude -3.313.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-3.313, 146.827
UTC time	2017-08-07 11:07:26.290

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2017-08-07

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	380.1 km
Mount Hagen	404.0 km
Jayapura	684.7 km
Port Moresby	687.1 km
Abepura	693.3 km
Wamena	879.6 km
Merauke	915.7 km
Arawa	1022.2 km
Nabire	1258.7 km
Manokwari	1445.7 km
Cairns	1519.6 km
Tual	1583.0 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	389.7 km
M 4.1 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-09 14:54 UTC	302.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-21 05:03 UTC	307.6 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	305.6 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	304.9 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	295.4 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	343.7 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	292.2 km

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