Earthquake details

Friday, April 4, 1975 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Friday, April 4, 1975 at 05:52 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Sorong (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 239.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 132.128 and latitude 1.093.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	1.093, 132.128
UTC time	1975-04-04 05:52:33.300

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1975-04-04

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Sorong	239.9 km
Manokwari	306.3 km
Tobelo	463.8 km
Sofifi	510.1 km
Ternate	529.1 km
Masohi	602.1 km
Amahai	609.0 km
Nabire	621.7 km
Ambon City	690.5 km
Tual	751.5 km
Sanana	769.2 km
Bitung	780.0 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	178.1 km
M 4.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-05-21 12:27 UTC	157.9 km

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