M4.5 earthquake 296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Sun, May 24, 2026, 3:01 PM GMT+9 (06:01 UTC), 152 km (95 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-24 06:01:25 UTC
- Depth
- 152.1 km (94.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.311° S, 130.158° 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 14.8 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2297 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 124 days ago · 165 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 122 days ago · 169 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.8Banda Sea · 105 days ago · 137 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3241 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 103 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 100 days ago · 159 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.1285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 99 days ago · 160 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3252 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 93 days ago · 140 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 89 days ago · 81 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 79 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3286 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 76 days ago · 141 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 76 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.9268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 137 days ago · 123 km deep · 31 km away
- 6.2268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 143 days ago · 137 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 16
- 3.8200 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 144 days ago · 126 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 152 days ago · 156 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.0Banda Sea · 152 days ago · 161 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5Banda Sea · 153 days ago · 154 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.9220 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 155 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000szvr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC.