M5.4 earthquake 273 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 273 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Tue, Oct 18, 1977, 5:31 PM GMT+9 (08:31 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-10-18 08:31:06 UTC
- Depth
- 113.0 km (70.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.329° S, 130.379° 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
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8245 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17846 days ago · 131 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 17812 days ago · 152 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.8235 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17879 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.9285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17890 days ago · 172 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.3242 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17897 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.1279 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17898 days ago · 137 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000r3e (also filed as iscgem691974). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC.