Earthquake details

Thursday, November 15, 1928 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Thursday, November 15, 1928 at 02:32 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Sorong (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 316.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 132.262 and latitude 1.785.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	35.0 km
Coordinates	1.785, 132.262
UTC time	1928-11-15 02:32:31.200

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1928-11-15

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Sorong	316.8 km
Manokwari	356.5 km
Tobelo	473.2 km
Sofifi	536.3 km
Ternate	554.0 km
Masohi	674.2 km
Nabire	676.7 km
Amahai	681.0 km
Ambon City	760.4 km
Bitung	794.7 km
Tondano	819.6 km
Sanana	819.9 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	255.5 km
M 4.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-05-21 12:27 UTC	236.3 km

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