Earthquake details

Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 09:13 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Wamena (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 179.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 137.556 and latitude -3.277.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	50.3 km
Coordinates	-3.277, 137.556
UTC time	2017-03-14 09:13:25.770

Location	Wamena
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2017-03-14

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Wamena	179.6 km
Nabire	228.5 km
Abepura	350.4 km
Jayapura	361.2 km
Manokwari	472.3 km
Tual	593.9 km
Merauke	661.5 km
Sorong	749.3 km
Mount Hagen	794.4 km
Masohi	954.3 km
Amahai	959.7 km
Ambon City	1042.4 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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M 4.2

Wamena

Indonesia · 2026-01-31 05:40 UTC

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M 4.4

Wamena

Indonesia · 2026-01-07 07:28 UTC

260.8 km

M 4.9

Wamena

Indonesia · 2026-01-01 06:01 UTC

142.3 km

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