M4.7 earthquake 278 km W of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 278 km W of Tual, Indonesia on Mon, Oct 5, 1987, 6:05 AM GMT+9 (21:05 UTC), 193 km (120 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 299 km WSW 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-10-04 21:05:00 UTC
- Depth
- 192.9 km (119.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.927° S, 130.252° 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 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9299 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14231 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8192 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14225 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 14214 days ago · 173 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14211 days ago · 135 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0283 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14206 days ago · 180 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 14201 days ago · 162 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.9293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14184 days ago · 150 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2230 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14177 days ago · 184 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 6.4193 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14234 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.7215 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14241 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.1Banda Sea · 14247 days ago · 124 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 14249 days ago · 187 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6276 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14255 days ago · 186 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00038zb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC.