M4.5 earthquake 285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Fri, Aug 24, 1979, 6:09 AM GMT+9 (21:09 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-08-23 21:09:56 UTC
- Depth
- 135.0 km (83.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.559° S, 130.348° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Banda Sea · 17204 days ago · 183 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1269 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17191 days ago · 141 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 17188 days ago · 157 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.3282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17165 days ago · 148 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17165 days ago · 134 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 17160 days ago · 161 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 17151 days ago · 177 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00012k6. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.