M4.9 earthquake 109 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 109 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia on Sun, Sep 15, 1985, 12:01 PM GMT+9 (03:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 110 km SSE of Nabire, 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
- 1985-09-15 03:01:51 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.013° S, 136.241° 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 1.9 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.898 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.3110 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.1107 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.988 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.9122 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.7114 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14981 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1176 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14981 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6137 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14981 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.5102 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14976 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.9113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14975 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.4123 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14974 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.2129 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14974 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.7108 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14962 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.9119 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14961 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.9107 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14956 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14954 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.9103 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14947 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.5138 km E of Nabire, Indonesia · 14939 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.779 km ESE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14936 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002jsj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:06 AM UTC.