M4.9 earthquake 122 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 122 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia on Sun, Sep 15, 1985, 9:35 PM GMT+9 (12:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 123 km SE 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 12:35:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.187° S, 136.234° 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7114 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14981 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1176 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14981 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6137 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14981 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.5102 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14976 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.9113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14975 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 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 · 18 km away
- 3.7108 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14962 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.9119 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14961 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.9107 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14956 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14954 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.9103 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14947 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.5138 km E of Nabire, Indonesia · 14939 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.779 km ESE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14936 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 3.988 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.1107 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.3110 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.898 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9109 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 6.3104 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.5104 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 6.3115 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002jt2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.