M4.9 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Tue, Apr 12, 1977, 9:47 AM GMT+9 (00:47 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 276 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-04-12 00:47:29 UTC
- Depth
- 130.0 km (80.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.472° S, 130.009° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3276 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 18058 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.0Banda Sea · 18058 days ago · 142 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 18054 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 18047 days ago · 136 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.8290 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 18005 days ago · 172 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000nc8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC.