Earthquake details

Monday, January 19, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Monday, January 19, 2009 at 00:14 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Sorong (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 84.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 131.905 and latitude -0.472.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	32.9 km
Coordinates	-0.472, 131.905
UTC time	2009-01-19 00:14:56.900

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2009-01-19

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Sorong	84.8 km
Manokwari	244.2 km
Masohi	453.5 km
Amahai	460.7 km
Tobelo	498.0 km
Sofifi	502.2 km
Nabire	513.2 km
Ternate	522.5 km
Ambon City	547.9 km
Tual	581.7 km
Sanana	682.9 km
Bitung	783.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	41.9 km
M 4.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-05-21 12:27 UTC	18.1 km

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