M4.7 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Aug 10, 1979, 10:23 PM GMT+9 (13:23 UTC), 128 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 226 km W 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-08-10 13:23:37 UTC
- Depth
- 128.0 km (79.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.965° S, 130.003° 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
- 9
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4226 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 17215 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17205 days ago · 135 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1269 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17191 days ago · 141 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 17188 days ago · 157 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.3282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17165 days ago · 148 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00012ba. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:35 PM UTC.