M4.5 earthquake 252 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 252 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Mon, Jul 28, 1986, 9:47 AM GMT+9 (00:47 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 267 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-28 00:47:35 UTC
- Depth
- 58.3 km (36.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.527° S, 130.658° 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3291 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14656 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14654 days ago · 164 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1294 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14654 days ago · 163 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.9289 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14641 days ago · 149 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.8191 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14637 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.7284 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14610 days ago · 123 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 4.9279 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14677 days ago · 88 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8221 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14687 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6221 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14688 days ago · 139 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14691 days ago · 166 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 14696 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002wm1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:45 AM UTC.