M4.3 earthquake 277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Wed, Jul 8, 1987, 9:13 PM GMT+9 (12:13 UTC), 145 km (90 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-08 12:13:33 UTC
- Depth
- 145.2 km (90.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.826° S, 130.547° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Banda Sea · 14319 days ago · 136 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2204 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14307 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.0245 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14307 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 14296 days ago · 196 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.4Banda Sea · 14281 days ago · 138 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.7267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14280 days ago · 85 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.1Banda Sea · 14276 days ago · 134 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14273 days ago · 157 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 14271 days ago · 128 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2232 km SW of Tual, Indonesia · 14263 days ago · 123 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14263 days ago · 184 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00036fr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:31 PM UTC.