M4.9 earthquake 268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Thu, May 21, 2026, 8:12 AM GMT+9 (23:12 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 285 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
- 2026-05-20 23:12:56 UTC
- Depth
- 122.5 km (76.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.156° S, 130.387° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.4 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 133 days ago · 152 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2297 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 124 days ago · 165 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 122 days ago · 169 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4206 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 112 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3193 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 111 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3241 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 103 days ago · 90 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 100 days ago · 159 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.1285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 99 days ago · 160 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3252 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 93 days ago · 140 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.2296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 88 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 79 days ago · 94 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 6.2268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 143 days ago · 137 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 16
- 3.8200 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 144 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 152 days ago · 156 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.0Banda Sea · 152 days ago · 161 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5Banda Sea · 152 days ago · 154 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.9220 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 155 days ago · 122 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0203 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 157 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sz43. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.