Earthquake details

Wednesday, July 28, 2004 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at 09:26 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Manokwari (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 149.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 132.807 and latitude -0.384.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	23.0 km
Coordinates	-0.384, 132.807
UTC time	2004-07-28 09:26:45.750

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2004-07-28

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Manokwari	149.7 km
Sorong	180.7 km
Nabire	446.7 km
Masohi	536.3 km
Amahai	543.4 km
Tobelo	583.5 km
Tual	583.9 km
Sofifi	597.4 km
Ternate	617.6 km
Ambon City	632.8 km
Sanana	782.5 km
Wamena	798.2 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	141.3 km
M 4.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-05-21 12:27 UTC	100.6 km

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