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M5.0 earthquake near Tual, Indonesia

Map: the earthquake near Tual, Indonesia, with plate boundaries

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 131 km (81 mi) north-northwest of Tual, Indonesia on Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 20:32 UTC, at a depth of 10 km (6 mi), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Shallow quakes like this one shake the surface hardest. The nearest city of a million or more people is Makassar, about 1,449 km (901 mi) away.

MagnitudeM5.0
Depth10 km (6 mi)
Time (UTC)Oct 29 20:32
Location4.47°S 132.49°E
Nearest townTual · 131 km
Energy477 tons TNT
Tsunami flagNo
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Why here?

This earthquake struck about 271 km (168 mi) from the nearest major plate boundary, which makes it an intraplate earthquake. These happen on old faults inside a plate, where stress from the plate’s slow movement is released. They are less common, but can surprise areas that rarely feel quakes.

The red lines on the map are plate boundaries.

How strong was it?

Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step releases about 32 times more energy. This magnitude 5.0 released roughly the energy of 477 tons of TNT. That is about 32 times the energy of a magnitude 4.0, a quake people nearby feel but that rarely causes damage. The strongest earthquake ever recorded, magnitude 9.5 in Chile in 1960, released about 5,600,000 times more than this one.

Earthquake history here

Before this earthquake, USGS had recorded 73 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or larger within 300 km (186 mi) since 1900. The strongest:

Official details, updates and the shaking map: USGS event page.

See every earthquake on October 29, 2026 or earthquakes by day.

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