M4.5 earthquake 280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Thu, Jul 3, 1986, 6:23 PM GMT+9 (09:23 UTC), 166 km (103 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 279 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-03 09:23:51 UTC
- Depth
- 165.7 km (103.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.523° S, 130.383° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6221 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14697 days ago · 139 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8221 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14696 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.9279 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14686 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 14679 days ago · 212 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5252 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14676 days ago · 58 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3291 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14666 days ago · 92 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14664 days ago · 164 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1294 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14664 days ago · 163 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.9289 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14650 days ago · 149 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8191 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14646 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002vp8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC.