M4.1 earthquake 286 km W of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 286 km W of Tual, Indonesia on Thu, Jan 22, 1987, 2:56 AM GMT+9 (17:56 UTC), 141 km (88 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-01-21 17:56:08 UTC
- Depth
- 141.0 km (87.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.074° S, 130.208° 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2251 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 14484 days ago · 235 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 14470 days ago · 165 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 14455 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 5.7Banda Sea · 14500 days ago · 159 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.3217 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14500 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 14515 days ago · 166 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.1244 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14515 days ago · 153 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.6242 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14522 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.7244 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14524 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00031tu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:13 AM UTC.