M5.3 earthquake near Mount Hagen, Western Highlands Province
3497 d ago · 20 Mar 2017, 06:33 UTC 24 km NNW of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
What happened
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 24 km NNW of Wabag, Papua New Guinea on 20 Mar 2017, 06:33 UTC at a depth of 91 km.
Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was an intermediate-depth earthquake, so shaking is spread over a wider, gentler area.
The nearest town in our records is Mount Hagen, about 93 km away in Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
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