M4.9 earthquake 297 km SW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 297 km SW of Tual, Indonesia on Wed, Apr 27, 1988, 11:05 PM GMT+9 (14:05 UTC), 150 km (93 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 291 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 1988-04-27 14:05:01 UTC
- Depth
- 149.5 km (92.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.246° S, 130.607° 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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0253 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14032 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 14020 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.2291 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14018 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.0254 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14004 days ago · 120 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14003 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 13988 days ago · 132 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 13988 days ago · 162 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7270 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 13986 days ago · 145 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.8Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 13982 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003fex. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:17 PM UTC.