M4.2 earthquake Western Australia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in Western Australia on Fri, Dec 19, 1980, 10:07 PM GMT+8 (14:07 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 Western Australia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-12-19 14:07:36 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.209° S, 126.625° E
- Region
- Australia
- 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 5
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001bbv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:27 AM UTC.