Indonesia earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 292 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 292 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Mon, May 25, 1987, 1:08 PM GMT+9 (04:08 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 252 km W of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1987-05-25 04:08:31 UTC
Depth
100.2 km (62.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.698° S, 130.336° E
Region
Indonesia
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.3252 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14360 days ago · 138 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.2244 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14356 days ago · 151 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14353 days ago · 224 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 5.1282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14343 days ago · 112 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 5.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14339 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14337 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14326 days ago · 157 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.3277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14321 days ago · 145 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.6Banda Sea · 14319 days ago · 175 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 5.0Banda Sea · 14318 days ago · 136 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 4.2204 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14307 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 5.0245 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14306 days ago · 110 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.9Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 14368 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.9280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14378 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.5293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14383 days ago · 110 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 4.4Banda Sea · 14385 days ago · 121 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 5.0206 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14390 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 5.2252 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14393 days ago · 149 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.3Banda Sea · 14394 days ago · 192 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003586. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:13 AM UTC.