M4.2 earthquake 230 km W of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 230 km W of Tual, Indonesia on Mon, Nov 30, 1987, 5:13 AM GMT+9 (20:13 UTC), 184 km (115 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 278 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-11-29 20:13:15 UTC
- Depth
- 184.3 km (114.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.880° S, 130.687° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Banda Sea · 14178 days ago · 168 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.6220 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14174 days ago · 135 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.1278 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14172 days ago · 134 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 14158 days ago · 153 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0243 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14154 days ago · 161 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7161 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14152 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7269 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14140 days ago · 125 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.1216 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14134 days ago · 116 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.0239 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14125 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.1152 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14192 days ago · 141 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.9293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14192 days ago · 150 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6209 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14205 days ago · 135 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6166 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14210 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0283 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14214 days ago · 180 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003ap7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:26 AM UTC.