Earthquake details

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 19:56 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Manokwari (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 146.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 132.784 and latitude -0.566.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	18.0 km
Coordinates	-0.566, 132.784
UTC time	2009-01-06 19:56:25.640

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2009-01-06

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Manokwari	146.3 km
Sorong	173.1 km
Nabire	433.7 km
Masohi	522.2 km
Amahai	529.3 km
Tual	563.6 km
Tobelo	589.6 km
Sofifi	599.5 km
Ambon City	619.1 km
Ternate	619.8 km
Sanana	775.4 km
Wamena	790.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	140.0 km
M 4.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-05-21 12:27 UTC	101.8 km

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