M5.6 earthquake 258 km W of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 258 km W of Tual, Indonesia on Fri, Oct 29, 1982, 12:47 PM GMT+9 (03:47 UTC), 166 km (103 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-10-29 03:47:23 UTC
- Depth
- 166.2 km (103.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.049° S, 130.452° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · 26 stations |
| 5.38 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.4 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME B102982A DATA USED: GDSN L.P. BODY WAVES: 12S, 28C, T=45 CENTROID LOCATION: ORIGIN TIME 3:47:22.8 0.6 LAT 6.07S 0.05;LON 130.18E 0.07 DEP 146.6 2.5;HALF-DURATION 1.6 MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**24 D-CM MRR=0.39 0.08; MTT=-1.23 0.09 MFF=0.83 0.11; MRT=0.03 0.07 MRF=1.04 0.08; MTF=0.16 0.11 PRINCIPAL AXES: 1.(T) VAL=1.68;PLG=39;AZM=274 2.(N) -0.44; 51; 99 3.(P) -1.24; 2; 6 BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=1.5*10**24 NP1:STRIKE=57;DIP=62;SLIP=28 NP2:Strike=313;Dip=65;Slip=149
From the USGS event page for usp0001qkf. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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 2.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16044 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.0293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16037 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.7Banda Sea · 16017 days ago · 130 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5260 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16003 days ago · 125 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 5.3264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16053 days ago · 120 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.8173 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16059 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.8224 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16060 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.0275 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 16072 days ago · 220 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001qkf (also filed as gcmtb102982a, gcmt19821029034725, iscgem591202). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC.