M4.9 earthquake 113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia on Sun, Sep 22, 1985, 1:13 PM GMT+9 (04:13 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
- 1985-09-22 04:13:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.237° S, 136.034° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4123 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14975 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.2129 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14975 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.7108 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14962 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.9119 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14962 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.9107 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14957 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14955 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.9103 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14947 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.779 km ESE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14936 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.3110 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14920 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 3.5102 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14976 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.6137 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14981 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1176 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7114 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.9122 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.988 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.1107 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.3110 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.898 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.9109 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 6.3104 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.5104 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 6.3115 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002jzz. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.