M5.0 earthquake 264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Tue, Oct 27, 1987, 3:46 AM GMT+9 (18:46 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-10-26 18:46:16 UTC
- Depth
- 134.5 km (83.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.345° S, 130.474° 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 2.0 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0283 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14206 days ago · 180 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 14201 days ago · 162 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.6209 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14198 days ago · 135 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 14185 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.9293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14184 days ago · 150 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2230 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14177 days ago · 184 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.1Banda Sea · 14171 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 14171 days ago · 168 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.6220 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14166 days ago · 135 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.1278 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14165 days ago · 134 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 14151 days ago · 153 km deep · 45 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00039mq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC.