Earthquakes near Manokwari, 1927–2026
From 1927 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 24 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Manokwari, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 7 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 7.7 on January 3, 2009 (140 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia).
The last 30 days · as of
USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Manokwari in the last 30 days.
What the record holds
The deadliest was not the strongest: a magnitude 7.6 on October 10, 2002 (102 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia), for which NOAA records 8 deaths. 6 earthquakes here in these years are on NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes. NOAA records deaths in 2 of the events here, 13 in all. The ten years with the most magnitude 6+ earthquakes were 1997–2006, with 9 of the 24. NOAA lists one tsunami that began within 100 km of Manokwari, and one from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 4 m, on February 17, 1996.
The events
- January 3, 2009Earthquake · M 7.7140 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia · 5 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
- January 3, 2009Earthquake · M 7.486 km WNW of Manokwari, IndonesiaUSGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
- October 10, 2002Earthquake · M 7.6102 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 8 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
- February 17, 1996Tsunami · 4 m hereIrian JayaNOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
- April 27, 1944Earthquake · M 7.65 km SW of Manokwari, IndonesiaUSGS
Good to know
- An event counts for Manokwari when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
- USGS counts here start at magnitude 6: the catalogue’s smaller quakes thin out going back, where few instruments listened.
- NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
- Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
- A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
- Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.
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