M4.8 earthquake 221 km W of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 221 km W of Tual, Indonesia on Mon, Jul 7, 1986, 7:35 PM GMT+9 (10:35 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 289 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-07 10:35:04 UTC
- Depth
- 80.3 km (49.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.826° S, 130.766° 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 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5252 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14666 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3291 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14656 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14654 days ago · 164 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1294 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14654 days ago · 163 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.9289 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14641 days ago · 149 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.8219 km WNW of Tual, Indonesia · 14638 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.8191 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14637 days ago · 123 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002vsc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.