M5.0 earthquake 298 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 298 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Sun, Mar 27, 1988, 12:31 PM GMT+9 (03:31 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 291 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-03-27 03:31:16 UTC
- Depth
- 124.2 km (77.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.209° S, 130.116° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Banda Sea · 14063 days ago · 159 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.0253 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14029 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.2291 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14015 days ago · 97 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.8259 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 14015 days ago · 222 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3273 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14009 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 4.6276 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14072 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14080 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4248 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14086 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 14089 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 14091 days ago · 146 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.1280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14094 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003ecb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.