M4.5 earthquake 261 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 261 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Tue, Mar 2, 1982, 7:44 PM GMT+9 (10:44 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 275 km W 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
- 1982-03-02 10:44:20 UTC
- Depth
- 128.8 km (80.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.292° S, 130.484° 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6275 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16273 days ago · 131 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 16268 days ago · 173 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 16244 days ago · 144 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.5245 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16229 days ago · 82 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.7Banda Sea · 16225 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001jxj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC.