M5.3 earthquake 293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Tue, Aug 24, 1982, 5:34 AM GMT+9 (20:34 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-23 20:34:38 UTC
- Depth
- 113.7 km (70.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.871° S, 130.413° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Banda Sea · 16100 days ago · 192 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 16086 days ago · 155 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.1Banda Sea · 16079 days ago · 146 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.9210 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16069 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16068 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8253 km SW of Tual, Indonesia · 16061 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16053 days ago · 155 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8224 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16049 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.3264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16042 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001p7b (also filed as iscgem594270). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.