Earthquake details

Sunday, January 4, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 13:06 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Manokwari (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 152.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 132.728 and latitude -0.571.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	35.0 km
Coordinates	-0.571, 132.728
UTC time	2009-01-04 13:06:31.820

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2009-01-04

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Manokwari	152.2 km
Sorong	166.9 km
Nabire	437.6 km
Masohi	516.8 km
Amahai	523.9 km
Tual	563.0 km
Tobelo	584.3 km
Sofifi	593.6 km
Ambon City	613.6 km
Ternate	613.9 km
Sanana	769.2 km
Wamena	795.3 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	133.9 km
M 4.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-05-21 12:27 UTC	96.0 km

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