M4.9 earthquake 210 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 210 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Sat, Sep 25, 1982, 4:51 PM GMT+9 (07:51 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 258 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-09-25 07:51:08 UTC
- Depth
- 71.1 km (44.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.566° S, 131.092° 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 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8253 km SW of Tual, Indonesia · 16065 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.8224 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16054 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.3264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16046 days ago · 120 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.6258 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16039 days ago · 166 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9138 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16039 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.0277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16037 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.0293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16030 days ago · 110 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001ptm. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC.