Earthquake details

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 19:16 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Sorong (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 249.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 132.286 and latitude 1.112.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	28.3 km
Coordinates	1.112, 132.286
UTC time	2006-12-06 19:16:37.600

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2006-12-06

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Sorong	249.3 km
Manokwari	295.8 km
Tobelo	480.8 km
Sofifi	527.8 km
Ternate	546.8 km
Nabire	613.0 km
Masohi	614.2 km
Amahai	621.2 km
Ambon City	703.4 km
Tual	752.2 km
Sanana	785.8 km
Bitung	797.4 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	187.2 km
M 4.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-05-21 12:27 UTC	163.6 km

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