Light magnitude 3.7 earthquake at unknown depth23 Jul 00:11 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 4 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJul 23, 2026 00:07:21 UTC - Local time at epicenterThursday, Jul 23, 2026, at 12:07 am (Universal Time GMT +0)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude3.7Depth10 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude0.66°S / 131.2°EKota Sorong, Provinsi Papua Barat, IndonesiaSeismic antipode0.66°N / 48.8°WBrazilShaking intensityIV Light shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Estimated seismic energy released2.2 x 1010 joules (6.22 megawatt hours, equivalent to 5.35 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.7 | about seismic energy4 minutes agoJul 23, 2026 00:07 GMT / Jul 23, 2026 12:07 am (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: -0.66 / 131.2: West Papua Region, IndonesiaSource: BMKGDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23207887',-0.66000,131.20000,'4 minutes ago: Mag. 3.7, West Papua Region, Indonesia',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in BaliNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Sorong, a city with more than 250,000 inhabitants in Indonesia, in 25 km (16 mi) distance south of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry25 km (16 mi)S of epicenterSorong(pop: 254,300)III: WeakSouthwest PapuaIndonesia90 km (56 mi)NW of epicenterWaisai(pop: 22,500)II: Very weakKabupaten Raja Ampat, Southwest PapuaIndonesia116 km (72 mi)E of epicenterBikar(pop: 210)II: Very weakKabupaten Tambrauw, Southwest PapuaIndonesia126 km (78 mi)SE of epicenterTeminabuan(pop: 19,500)I: Not feltKabupaten Sorong Selatan, Southwest PapuaIndonesia138 km (86 mi)E of epicenterFef(pop: 966)I: Not feltKabupaten Tambrauw, Southwest PapuaIndonesia280 km (174 mi)SE of epicenterFakfak(pop: 18,900)I: Not feltProvinsi PapuaIndonesia305 km (189 mi)SE of epicenterBintuni(pop: 24,700)I: Not feltProvinsi Papua BaratIndonesia319 km (198 mi)E of epicenterManokwari(pop: 107,300)I: Not feltProvinsi Papua BaratIndonesiaNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-07-23EpicenterAgency3.710 km6.2 mi(*)00:07:21West Papua Region, IndonesiaBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Notes:(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could be not determined with sufficient accuracy.Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 56 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 45 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 62.5 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.06 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 17.9 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 0.31 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 3.3 years)Mag. 4 or higher: 5.4 quakes per yearMag. 3 or higher: 21.2 quakes per yearMag. 2 or higher: 45 quakes per year (or 3.7 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 2 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 60 to 65 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake