M5.0 earthquake 204 km W of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 204 km W of Tual, Indonesia on Wed, Apr 16, 1986, 3:15 PM GMT+9 (06:15 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 140 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-04-16 06:15:23 UTC
- Depth
- 78.3 km (48.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.624° S, 130.905° 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 2.0 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2140 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14776 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.0122 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14764 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.0146 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14762 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.8282 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 14757 days ago · 225 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.0267 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14747 days ago · 245 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.7197 km WNW of Tual, Indonesia · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7150 km WNW of Tual, Indonesia · 14728 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002syd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:40 PM UTC.