M3.7 earthquake 79 km ESE of Nabire, Indonesia
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 79 km ESE of Nabire, Indonesia on Fri, Nov 1, 1985, 2:10 AM GMT+9 (17:10 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 110 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
- 3.7 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-10-31 17:10:11 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.659° S, 136.147° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3110 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.9142 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14915 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.8Papua, Indonesia · 14907 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.1114 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14882 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 3.5138 km E of Nabire, Indonesia · 14940 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.9103 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14947 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4113 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14954 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.9107 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14957 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.9119 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14962 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.7108 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia · 14962 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002mbd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.