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M4.7 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sun, Oct 7, 1979, 6:03 PM GMT+8 (10:03 UTC), 161 km (100 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 Banda Sea. 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
1979-10-07 10:03:35 UTC
Depth
161.0 km (100.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.985° S, 129.591° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17155 days ago · 116 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.7Banda Sea · 17154 days ago · 177 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 5.0286 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17143 days ago · 121 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17143 days ago · 136 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 3.7250 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17141 days ago · 151 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.6265 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17139 days ago · 145 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 5.1Banda Sea · 17111 days ago · 155 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 4.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17168 days ago · 134 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 3.4Banda Sea · 17170 days ago · 200 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.3296 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17183 days ago · 160 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.7Banda Sea · 17191 days ago · 157 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000139f. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC.