A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Sorong in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 05:31:46 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 131.5485° East, -0.4189° South. Unique identifier: us6000qv9l. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qv9l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/25 / 2025-07-26 05:31:46 / July 26, 2025 @ 5:31 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Sorong (c. 125 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sorong (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km NNE of Sorong, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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