M4.2 earthquake 244 km W of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 244 km W of Tual, Indonesia on Wed, Jun 3, 1987, 5:03 AM GMT+9 (20:03 UTC), 151 km (94 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 170 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-06-02 20:03:01 UTC
- Depth
- 151.2 km (94.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.954° S, 130.565° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5170 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14345 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.1282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14343 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 7.1217 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14343 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6219 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14338 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.7159 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14336 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1251 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14323 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14321 days ago · 145 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.5282 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 14321 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2204 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14307 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.0245 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14306 days ago · 110 km deep · 11 km away
Before
- 5.3252 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14360 days ago · 138 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.0292 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14366 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.9280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14378 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14383 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00035fx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC.