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Thursday, August 23, 1979 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Indonesia the Thursday, August 23, 1979 at 18:51 with a magnitude of 4.5. The closest city with more than 15.000 habitants is Sorong (Indonesia - ID). The epicenter is located at longitude 132.401 and latitude -0.323. 141.52 km from Ovalle.
Magnitude 4.5
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Depth ? 33
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Location Sorong
West Papua
Sorong City
Indonesia (id))

Earthquake Map 8/23/1979 6:51:20 PM

Closest cities

Closest cities near the epicenter
Manokwari134.09 km
Sorong254.98 km
Tual425.08 km
Amahai518.14 km
Ternate723.54 km
Jayapura825.09 km
Bitung982.74 km
Tondano999.01 km
Tomohon1007.33 km
Manado1013.15 km

Biggest cities

Closest cities with Population over 100,000
Sorong254.98 km
Ternate723.54 km
Jayapura825.09 km
Bitung982.74 km
Manado1013.15 km
Díli1137.17 km
Gorontalo1173.42 km
Kendari1226.59 km
Mati1249.16 km
General Santos1262.69 km

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