M4.6 earthquake Molucca Sea
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea on Tue, Jul 22, 1986, 3:46 AM GMT+8 (19:46 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 131 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-21 19:46:08 UTC
- Depth
- 73.5 km (45.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 0.356° N, 125.943° 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 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Molucca Sea · 14657 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8131 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 14634 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.0143 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 14622 days ago · 77 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.7Molucca Sea · 14621 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.8140 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 14621 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.9143 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 14619 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.1148 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 14619 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3162 km SSE of Tondano, Indonesia · 14617 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002wat. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:21 AM UTC.