M5.1 earthquake 280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Fri, Jan 4, 1985, 10:09 AM GMT+9 (01:09 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-01-04 01:09:34 UTC
- Depth
- 123.6 km (76.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.492° S, 130.370° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Banda Sea · 15241 days ago · 152 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 15226 days ago · 133 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5286 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15215 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3236 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15214 days ago · 108 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.9264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15207 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.7232 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15204 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.9Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 15198 days ago · 182 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.7Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 15192 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002aq4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:02 PM UTC.