M5.1 earthquake 282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Wed, Jun 17, 1987, 2:11 AM GMT+9 (17:11 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 Kepulauan Babar, 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), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-06-16 17:11:35 UTC
- Depth
- 112.3 km (69.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.610° S, 130.392° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14348 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14346 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14334 days ago · 157 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1251 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14331 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14329 days ago · 145 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 14327 days ago · 175 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.0Banda Sea · 14327 days ago · 136 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2204 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14315 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.0245 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14314 days ago · 110 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 14304 days ago · 196 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.2244 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14365 days ago · 151 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.3252 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14368 days ago · 138 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.0292 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14374 days ago · 100 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.9Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 14377 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00035ud. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:42 PM UTC.