M4.9 earthquake 290 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 290 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Sat, Feb 6, 1988, 4:25 PM GMT+9 (07:25 UTC), 191 km (118 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 280 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
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-02-06 07:25:24 UTC
- Depth
- 190.6 km (118.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.279° S, 130.207° 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 1.9 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14115 days ago · 183 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.1280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14097 days ago · 103 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 14095 days ago · 146 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 14092 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4248 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14089 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14083 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.6276 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14075 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.0298 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14069 days ago · 124 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 14066 days ago · 159 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 4.4Banda Sea · 14121 days ago · 201 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1265 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14123 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.0239 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14128 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.1216 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14136 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7269 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14143 days ago · 125 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003csp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC.