M4.7 earthquake 269 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 269 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Fri, Oct 17, 1980, 8:55 AM GMT+9 (23:55 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-10-16 23:55:05 UTC
- Depth
- 87.0 km (54.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.122° S, 130.369° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Banda Sea · 16772 days ago · 239 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.8Banda Sea · 16769 days ago · 160 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7299 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16763 days ago · 155 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 16762 days ago · 129 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6239 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16736 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001a9v. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:52 AM UTC.