M4.1 earthquake 176 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 176 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia on Mon, Sep 16, 1985, 10:52 AM GMT+9 (01:52 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-16 01:52:46 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.778° S, 136.227° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6137 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14987 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.5102 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.9113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.4123 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14981 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.2129 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14981 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.7108 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14968 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.9119 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14968 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.9107 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14963 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14961 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.9103 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14953 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.7114 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14988 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.9122 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14988 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.988 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.1107 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.3110 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.898 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.9109 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 6.3104 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.5104 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 6.3115 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002jth. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC.