M5.2 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Tue, Jan 10, 1978, 6:54 AM GMT+9 (21:54 UTC), 168 km (104 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia. 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
- 1978-01-09 21:54:12 UTC
- Depth
- 168.0 km (104.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.294° S, 129.703° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000se4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.