M3.9 earthquake 280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Tue, May 12, 1987, 2:57 PM GMT+9 (05:57 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 292 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-05-12 05:57:57 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.558° S, 130.390° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0292 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14366 days ago · 100 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.3252 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14360 days ago · 138 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2244 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14357 days ago · 151 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.1282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14343 days ago · 112 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14340 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14338 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14327 days ago · 157 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1251 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14323 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14321 days ago · 145 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.0Banda Sea · 14319 days ago · 136 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.5293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14383 days ago · 110 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 14386 days ago · 121 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.0206 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14390 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.2252 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14394 days ago · 149 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 14394 days ago · 192 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14398 days ago · 98 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.4281 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14404 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00034y2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:35 PM UTC.