Earthquake details

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 19:08 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Manokwari (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 276.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 132.694 and latitude 1.207.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	18.9 km
Coordinates	1.207, 132.694
UTC time	2017-09-26 19:08:18.460

Location	Sorong
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2017-09-26

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Manokwari	276.4 km
Sorong	281.8 km
Tobelo	524.5 km
Sofifi	573.9 km
Ternate	592.8 km
Nabire	596.7 km
Masohi	650.6 km
Amahai	657.7 km
Ambon City	741.4 km
Tual	761.0 km
Sanana	831.2 km
Bitung	842.3 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-07-26 05:31 UTC	219.8 km
M 4.6 Sorong Indonesia · 2025-05-21 12:27 UTC	190.1 km

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