M5.2 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sat, Aug 31, 1974, 6:43 AM GMT+9 (21:43 UTC), 174 km (108 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1974-08-30 21:43:02 UTC
- Depth
- 174.0 km (108.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.682° S, 129.283° E
- 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.
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8255 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 19025 days ago · 176 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 19008 days ago · 156 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.5Banda Sea · 19005 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 18995 days ago · 184 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 18977 days ago · 143 km deep · 48 km away
- 6.5Banda Sea · 18967 days ago · 117 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00007vf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC.