June 25, 1979 Earthquake: E, MT Hagen, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck E, MT Hagen, Papua New Guinea on June 25, 1979 at 05:29:05 UTC, 189 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- June 25, 1979
- Time
- 05:29:05 UTC
- Place
- E, MT Hagen, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 189 km (117 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 4.980° S, 145.577° E
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 6, 1988, Kaiapit (Landslide Generated), Papua New Guinea
- October 13, 1993, Upper Markham Valley, Eastern, Papua New Guinea
- September 10, 2022, Morobe, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
- October 31, 1970, Madang, Papua New Guinea
- March 27, 1984, Karkar, Papua New Guinea
- September 30, 1930, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- 1873, Maclay Coast, Papua New Guinea
- October 7, 2023, Madang, Papua New Guinea
- August 3, 1916, N Coast, Papua New Guinea
- April 17, 1857, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- June 24, 1986, Papua New Guinea
- 1875, Maclay Coast, Papua New Guinea
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 4837.