M4.9 earthquake 279 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 279 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Thu, Jul 17, 1986, 7:54 PM GMT+9 (10:54 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-17 10:54:30 UTC
- Depth
- 88.1 km (54.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.851° S, 130.538° 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 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14680 days ago · 113 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5252 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14679 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14677 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14666 days ago · 164 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1294 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14666 days ago · 163 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.9289 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14653 days ago · 149 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.6221 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14700 days ago · 139 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14703 days ago · 166 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 14708 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.4204 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14719 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002w3n. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC.