M3.7 earthquake 159 km W of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 159 km W of Tual, Indonesia on Wed, Jun 24, 1987, 8:29 AM GMT+9 (23:29 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 100 km WNW 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
- 3.7 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-06-23 23:29:13 UTC
- Depth
- 117.1 km (72.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.823° S, 131.329° 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3100 km WNW of Tual, Indonesia · 14332 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1251 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14323 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2204 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14307 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.0245 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14307 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4190 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14284 days ago · 125 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.7149 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14282 days ago · 86 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.6219 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14339 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 7.1217 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14343 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5170 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14345 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.2244 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14357 days ago · 151 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.3252 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14360 days ago · 138 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003611. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.