Earthquake details

Sunday, January 28, 2018 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 07:29 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lae (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 381.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 148.710 and latitude -3.751.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-3.751, 148.710
UTC time	2018-01-28 07:29:26.370

Location	Lae
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2018-01-28

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lae	381.6 km
Mount Hagen	549.4 km
Port Moresby	660.4 km
Arawa	808.8 km
Jayapura	898.6 km
Abepura	906.9 km
Merauke	1060.1 km
Wamena	1084.8 km
Honiara	1394.2 km
Nabire	1468.2 km
Cairns	1501.3 km
Manokwari	1660.3 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	373.7 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	340.4 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-17 22:52 UTC	286.0 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-16 07:36 UTC	303.4 km
M 4.5 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-15 08:53 UTC	336.3 km
M 4.3 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 23:50 UTC	299.6 km
M 4.6 Lae Papua New Guinea · 2026-02-03 21:24 UTC	336.7 km

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