M4.9 earthquake 202 km S of Dompu, Indonesia

Magnitude

4.9 (mb), light

Local time

Mon, Aug 29, 1977, 5:52 PM GMT+8

UTC

1977-08-29 09:52:53 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

10.343° S, 118.170° E

Region

Indonesia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Stations used

53

• Tambolaka, IndonesiaPopulation 35,790. Forecast155 kmSW
• Bima, IndonesiaPopulation 165,113. Forecast218 kmSSW
• Makassar, IndonesiaPopulation 1,474,393. Forecast594 kmSSW

After

1. 5.0160 km SSE of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaTue, Aug 30, 8:58 PM GMT+8 · 17920 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
2. 4.7167 km S of Dompu, IndonesiaThu, Sep 1, 9:59 PM GMT+8 · 17918 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
3. 4.8176 km SSW of Dompu, IndonesiaSat, Sep 3, 9:33 PM GMT+8 · 17916 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
4. 5.7273 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaMon, Sep 5, 7:16 PM GMT+8 · 17914 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
5. 5.2117 km SSW of Dompu, IndonesiaWed, Sep 7, 5:59 AM GMT+8 · 17913 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
6. 5.1211 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaThu, Sep 15, 7:13 PM GMT+8 · 17904 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
7. 5.2181 km S of Dompu, IndonesiaFri, Sep 16, 12:40 PM GMT+8 · 17904 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
8. 5.2219 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaFri, Sep 16, 8:22 PM GMT+8 · 17903 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
9. 4.7176 km SSE of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaWed, Sep 21, 5:55 AM GMT+8 · 17899 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
10. 6.0282 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaFri, Sep 23, 1:57 PM GMT+8 · 17897 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
11. 5.6175 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaSat, Oct 1, 8:52 PM GMT+8 · 17888 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
12. 5.2180 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaSat, Oct 1, 9:37 PM GMT+8 · 17888 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
13. 5.4187 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaSun, Oct 2, 4:02 AM GMT+8 · 17888 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
14. 5.6177 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaFri, Oct 7, 1:39 PM GMT+8 · 17883 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
15. 5.1176 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaFri, Oct 7, 6:50 PM GMT+8 · 17882 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
16. 5.0164 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaSat, Oct 8, 12:05 AM GMT+8 · 17882 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
17. 5.1168 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaSat, Oct 8, 5:26 AM GMT+8 · 17882 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
18. 5.7154 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaSat, Oct 8, 6:47 AM GMT+8 · 17882 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
19. 5.0166 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaSat, Oct 8, 12:34 PM GMT+8 · 17882 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
20. 5.0203 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaSat, Oct 8, 2:55 PM GMT+8 · 17882 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
21. 5.2162 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaSun, Oct 9, 2:59 AM GMT+8 · 17881 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
22. 4.9160 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaSun, Oct 9, 8:54 AM GMT+8 · 17881 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
23. 5.3184 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaSun, Oct 9, 8:16 PM GMT+8 · 17880 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
24. 5.6166 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaMon, Oct 10, 12:57 AM GMT+8 · 17880 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
25. 5.1165 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaTue, Oct 11, 10:04 AM GMT+8 · 17879 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
26. 5.0166 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaMon, Oct 17, 7:13 AM GMT+8 · 17873 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
27. 3.6135 km S of Dompu, IndonesiaMon, Oct 17, 5:23 PM GMT+8 · 17873 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
28. 5.3190 km S of Dompu, IndonesiaTue, Oct 18, 3:11 PM GMT+8 · 17872 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
29. 5.7212 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaFri, Oct 21, 7:48 PM GMT+8 · 17868 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
30. 5.0164 km WSW of Waingapu, IndonesiaWed, Oct 26, 6:50 AM GMT+8 · 17864 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away

Before

1. 5.3272 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaSun, Aug 28, 1:27 AM GMT+8 · 17923 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
2. 5.5168 km S of Dompu, IndonesiaFri, Aug 26, 7:11 AM GMT+8 · 17925 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
3. 6.1156 km WSW of Waingapu, IndonesiaFri, Aug 26, 2:09 AM GMT+8 · 17925 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
4. 5.2287 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaThu, Aug 25, 6:17 AM GMT+8 · 17926 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
5. 5.0178 km SSW of Dompu, IndonesiaThu, Aug 25, 3:00 AM GMT+8 · 17926 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
6. 5.4191 km SSW of Dompu, IndonesiaWed, Aug 24, 10:08 AM GMT+8 · 17927 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
7. 4.6184 km SSE of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaTue, Aug 23, 9:14 AM GMT+8 · 17928 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
8. 6.0273 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaSat, Aug 20, 12:20 PM GMT+8 · 17931 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
9. 5.6225 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaFri, Aug 19, 7:33 PM GMT+8 · 17931 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
10. 5.5187 km S of Sumbawa Besar, IndonesiaFri, Aug 19, 3:38 PM GMT+8 · 17932 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
11. 6.1224 km S of Dompu, IndonesiaFri, Aug 19, 2:43 PM GMT+8 · 17932 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
12. 8.31977 Sumba, Indonesia EarthquakeFri, Aug 19, 2:08 PM GMT+8 · 17932 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
13. 6.1263 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaFri, Aug 19, 1:08 PM GMT+8 · 17932 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000qcs. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.