M4.1 earthquake 269 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 269 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Thu, Sep 6, 1979, 5:56 PM GMT+9 (08:56 UTC), 141 km (88 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-09-06 08:56:32 UTC
- Depth
- 141.0 km (87.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.281° S, 130.406° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Banda Sea · 17188 days ago · 157 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.3282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17165 days ago · 148 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 17151 days ago · 177 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17140 days ago · 136 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00012tk. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC.