M4.7 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sun, Aug 3, 1975, 7:19 PM GMT+9 (10:19 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-08-03 10:19:09 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.856° S, 130.272° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 18690 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 18679 days ago · 143 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 18678 days ago · 95 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 18661 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 18659 days ago · 54 km deep · 16 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000caq. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:21 AM UTC.