M4.4 earthquake 267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Wed, Aug 26, 1987, 8:48 AM GMT+9 (23:48 UTC), 157 km (97 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-08-25 23:48:55 UTC
- Depth
- 156.8 km (97.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.279° S, 130.422° 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
- 4.8Banda Sea · 14271 days ago · 128 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6276 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14255 days ago · 186 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 14249 days ago · 187 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.1Banda Sea · 14247 days ago · 124 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7215 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14241 days ago · 81 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 14234 days ago · 145 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7278 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14233 days ago · 193 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.9299 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14231 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.8192 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14225 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 14214 days ago · 173 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00037tv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.