Earthquake details

Tuesday, September 11, 2001 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 at 15:16 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Manokwari (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 129.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 132.910 and latitude -0.723.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-0.723, 132.910
UTC time	2001-09-11 15:16:16.390

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2001-09-11

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Manokwari	129.4 km
Sorong	184.4 km
Nabire	411.4 km
Masohi	523.8 km
Amahai	530.9 km
Tual	546.4 km
Tobelo	609.9 km
Sofifi	617.5 km
Ambon City	621.2 km
Ternate	637.8 km
Wamena	769.3 km
Sanana	785.6 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	157.0 km
M 4.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-05-21 12:27 UTC	120.8 km

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