M4.3 earthquake 236 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 236 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Mon, Feb 4, 1985, 9:28 AM GMT+9 (00:28 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-02-04 00:28:01 UTC
- Depth
- 108.3 km (67.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.752° S, 130.934° 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 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15203 days ago · 116 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.7232 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15200 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.9Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 15192 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 15189 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.8171 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5298 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15170 days ago · 178 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 15162 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002bm3. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:23 AM UTC.