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M4.7 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Mon, Sep 10, 1979, 1:36 AM GMT+9 (16:36 UTC), 157 km (98 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1979-09-09 16:36:37 UTC
Depth
157.0 km (97.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.648° S, 129.929° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
23

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3296 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17181 days ago · 160 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 3.4Banda Sea · 17168 days ago · 200 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 5.3282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17166 days ago · 148 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17166 days ago · 134 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.7Banda Sea · 17161 days ago · 161 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17153 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.7Banda Sea · 17152 days ago · 177 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17141 days ago · 136 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 4.1269 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17192 days ago · 141 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 5.0Banda Sea · 17205 days ago · 183 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.5285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17206 days ago · 135 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00012va. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC.