Earthquake details

Wednesday, December 21, 1977 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Wednesday, December 21, 1977 at 18:06 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Sanana (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 151.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 126.770 and latitude -0.956.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	20.0 km
Coordinates	-0.956, 126.770
UTC time	1977-12-21 18:06:10.600

Location	Sanana
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1977-12-21

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Sanana	151.1 km
Ternate	206.1 km
Sofifi	207.9 km
Bitung	323.4 km
Tondano	325.8 km
Tobelo	329.1 km
Ambon City	343.1 km
Manado	345.5 km
Amahai	357.2 km
Masohi	357.5 km
Luwuk	443.3 km
Gorontalo	444.9 km

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