M4.6 earthquake 208 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 208 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia on Tue, Jul 13, 1976, 6:33 AM GMT+9 (21:33 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 223 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-07-12 21:33:33 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.079° S, 139.474° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4211 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18330 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.6223 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18329 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.9218 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18329 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4215 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18324 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.3Papua, Indonesia · 18324 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.6Papua, Indonesia · 18321 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8117 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18321 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.2226 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18320 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.7238 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18317 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.1294 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18312 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.4213 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18281 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.8289 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18337 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.3282 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18337 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5238 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18337 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6215 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18339 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5218 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18344 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3199 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18345 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7243 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18345 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7209 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18345 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5232 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18346 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6237 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18346 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.1242 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18346 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7236 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18346 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5232 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18347 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.9220 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18348 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5212 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18348 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7235 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18350 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.7220 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18350 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.3224 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18351 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.9204 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia · 18351 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 7.1214 km NW of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea · 18351 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000hap. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.