M3.6 earthquake 220 km W of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 220 km W of Tual, Indonesia on Thu, Dec 10, 1987, 2:19 PM GMT+9 (05:19 UTC), 135 km (84 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
- 3.6 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-12-10 05:19:04 UTC
- Depth
- 135.4 km (84.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.979° S, 130.796° 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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1278 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14165 days ago · 134 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 14151 days ago · 153 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0243 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14146 days ago · 161 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7161 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14144 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.7269 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14132 days ago · 125 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.1216 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14126 days ago · 116 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.0239 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14117 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1265 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14112 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 14110 days ago · 201 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9290 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14108 days ago · 191 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003b4x. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.