M5.1 earthquake 244 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 244 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Tue, Jan 6, 1987, 7:57 PM GMT+9 (10:57 UTC), 153 km (95 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 217 km W 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
- 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-01-06 10:57:29 UTC
- Depth
- 152.5 km (94.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.126° S, 130.599° 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 2.1 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Banda Sea · 14516 days ago · 166 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.3217 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14502 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1286 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14501 days ago · 141 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 14472 days ago · 165 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 5.6242 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14524 days ago · 102 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.7244 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14526 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4232 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14529 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14545 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00031en. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC.