Earthquake details

Thursday, November 1, 1962 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Thursday, November 1, 1962 at 17:52 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Manokwari (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 336.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 133.004 and latitude 1.967.

Magnitude	5.9
Alert	Strong
Depth	35.0 km
Coordinates	1.967, 133.004
UTC time	1962-11-01 17:52:23.400

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1962-11-01

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Manokwari	336.4 km
Sorong	371.5 km
Tobelo	556.3 km
Sofifi	621.2 km
Ternate	639.0 km
Nabire	654.8 km
Masohi	738.3 km
Amahai	745.3 km
Ambon City	827.7 km
Tual	846.0 km
Bitung	878.3 km
Sanana	901.3 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	309.3 km
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