M4.1 earthquake 119 km WSW of Insrom, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 119 km WSW of Insrom, Indonesia on Sun, Nov 17, 1985, 8:51 PM GMT+9 (11:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 97 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-17 11:51:03 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.654° S, 135.088° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3100 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14927 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 6.097 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14927 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.496 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14927 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.496 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14927 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2127 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14927 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4119 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14927 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.0118 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14926 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.0Near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia · 14926 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.3128 km WSW of Insrom, Indonesia · 14923 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.5129 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14923 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.2114 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14918 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 6.0127 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14907 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.397 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14890 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002mw0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:02 AM UTC.