M5.0 earthquake 118 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 118 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia on Mon, Nov 18, 1985, 11:46 AM GMT+9 (02:46 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 128 km WSW of Insrom, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-18 02:46:16 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.732° S, 134.690° 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 2.0 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia · 14918 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.3128 km WSW of Insrom, Indonesia · 14915 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.5129 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14915 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.2114 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14910 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 6.0127 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14900 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.397 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14882 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 4.4119 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2127 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.6125 km S of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.496 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.496 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 6.097 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.3100 km SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1119 km WSW of Insrom, Indonesia · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.9119 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 7.1127 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002mws. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.