Earthquake details

Sunday, January 4, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 07:14 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Manokwari (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 154.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 132.757 and latitude -0.395.

Magnitude	5.9
Alert	Strong
Depth	35.0 km
Coordinates	-0.395, 132.757
UTC time	2009-01-04 07:14:00.550

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2009-01-04

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Manokwari	154.5 km
Sorong	175.0 km
Nabire	449.6 km
Masohi	531.1 km
Amahai	538.2 km
Tobelo	578.9 km
Tual	582.6 km
Sofifi	592.2 km
Ternate	612.5 km
Ambon City	627.6 km
Sanana	776.8 km
Wamena	802.4 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	135.7 km
M 4.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-05-21 12:27 UTC	95.2 km

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