M5.6 earthquake 295 km SW of Waingapu, Indonesia

Magnitude

5.6 (mb), moderate

Local time

Wed, Aug 24, 1977, 5:42 PM GMT+8

UTC

1977-08-24 09:42:01 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

11.298° S, 118.137° E

Region

Indonesia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Stations used

48

• Tambolaka, IndonesiaPopulation 35,790. Forecast240 kmSSW
• Bima, IndonesiaPopulation 165,113. Forecast322 kmSSW
• Makassar, IndonesiaPopulation 1,474,393. Forecast698 kmSSW

After

1. 5.2287 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaThu, Aug 25, 6:17 AM GMT+8 · 17926 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
2. 5.0249 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaThu, Aug 25, 2:20 PM GMT+8 · 17925 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
3. 4.6south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaFri, Aug 26, 6:20 AM GMT+8 · 17925 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
4. 5.3south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaFri, Aug 26, 9:41 AM GMT+8 · 17924 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
5. 5.3272 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaSun, Aug 28, 1:27 AM GMT+8 · 17923 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
6. 5.1214 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaMon, Aug 29, 2:39 PM GMT+8 · 17921 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
7. 4.5281 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaTue, Aug 30, 10:14 PM GMT+8 · 17920 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
8. 5.3south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaThu, Sep 1, 7:25 PM GMT+8 · 17918 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
9. 5.6south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaThu, Sep 1, 9:13 PM GMT+8 · 17918 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
10. 5.2229 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaThu, Sep 1, 9:51 PM GMT+8 · 17918 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
11. 5.2217 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaFri, Sep 2, 4:20 PM GMT+8 · 17917 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
12. 5.7273 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaMon, Sep 5, 7:16 PM GMT+8 · 17914 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
13. 5.2south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaMon, Sep 12, 5:45 PM GMT+8 · 17907 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
14. 5.5south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaFri, Sep 16, 2:30 PM GMT+8 · 17903 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
15. 4.6south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaSat, Sep 17, 2:11 AM GMT+8 · 17903 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
16. 6.0282 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaFri, Sep 23, 1:57 PM GMT+8 · 17896 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
17. 5.6south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaMon, Sep 26, 2:31 AM GMT+8 · 17894 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
18. 4.7south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaWed, Sep 28, 5:39 AM GMT+8 · 17892 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
19. 5.5south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaThu, Sep 29, 1:49 AM GMT+8 · 17891 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
20. 5.4291 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaThu, Sep 29, 10:16 AM GMT+8 · 17890 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
21. 5.3289 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaFri, Sep 30, 2:52 AM GMT+8 · 17890 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
22. 5.5south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaThu, Oct 6, 2:04 AM GMT+8 · 17884 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
23. 5.2south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaSun, Oct 16, 9:46 AM GMT+8 · 17873 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away

Before

1. 5.4290 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaWed, Aug 24, 7:06 AM GMT+8 · 17926 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
2. 5.7south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaTue, Aug 23, 6:24 PM GMT+8 · 17927 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
3. 5.1south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaSun, Aug 21, 8:28 PM GMT+8 · 17929 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
4. 5.4228 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaSun, Aug 21, 2:50 PM GMT+8 · 17929 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
5. 5.0229 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaSun, Aug 21, 2:29 PM GMT+8 · 17929 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
6. 5.4215 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaSun, Aug 21, 10:12 AM GMT+8 · 17929 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
7. 4.9241 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaSun, Aug 21, 5:31 AM GMT+8 · 17930 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
8. 4.6south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaSat, Aug 20, 11:39 PM GMT+8 · 17930 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
9. 6.0273 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaSat, Aug 20, 12:20 PM GMT+8 · 17930 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
10. 5.3232 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaSat, Aug 20, 4:51 AM GMT+8 · 17931 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
11. 5.3south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaSat, Aug 20, 1:40 AM GMT+8 · 17931 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
12. 5.3288 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaFri, Aug 19, 11:28 PM GMT+8 · 17931 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
13. 5.0south of Sumbawa, IndonesiaFri, Aug 19, 8:21 PM GMT+8 · 17931 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
14. 5.6225 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaFri, Aug 19, 7:33 PM GMT+8 · 17931 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
15. 6.1224 km S of Dompu, IndonesiaFri, Aug 19, 2:43 PM GMT+8 · 17931 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
16. 8.31977 Sumba, Indonesia EarthquakeFri, Aug 19, 2:08 PM GMT+8 · 17931 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
17. 6.1263 km SW of Waingapu, IndonesiaFri, Aug 19, 1:08 PM GMT+8 · 17931 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000qa2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC.