Earthquake details

Wednesday, April 8, 1987 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Wednesday, April 8, 1987 at 06:30 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Sorong (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 167.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 130.107 and latitude 0.086.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	0.086, 130.107
UTC time	1987-04-08 06:30:32.420

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1987-04-08

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Sorong	167.5 km
Sofifi	292.8 km
Tobelo	296.5 km
Ternate	313.1 km
Masohi	397.5 km
Amahai	403.6 km
Manokwari	453.0 km
Ambon City	472.3 km
Sanana	517.9 km
Bitung	574.3 km
Tondano	593.9 km
Manado	605.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	167.7 km
M 4.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-05-21 12:27 UTC	204.8 km

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