M4.6 earthquake 137 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 137 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia on Tue, Sep 17, 1985, 1:58 AM GMT+9 (16:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 113 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-16 16:58:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.273° S, 136.342° 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 1.6 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.5102 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14976 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.9113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14976 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.4123 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14975 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.2129 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14975 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.7108 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14962 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.9119 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14962 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.9107 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14957 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14955 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.9103 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14947 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.5138 km E of Nabire, Indonesia · 14940 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.779 km ESE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14936 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.1176 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7114 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9122 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.988 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.1107 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.3110 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.898 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.9109 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 6.3104 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.5104 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 6.3115 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002jty. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC.