Earthquake 6,1 Richter Scale in Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia and 5,3 Richter Scale in Gorontalo, North Sulawesi. These earthquakes happened on Sunday, 4th October 2009. It’s 10.36 WIB or 12.36 WIT for Jayapura’s earthquake and 12.40 WIT. So far, still unknown the exact effect from the earthquakes.