M5.1 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Nov 28, 1979, 2:05 PM GMT+9 (05:05 UTC), 155 km (96 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-11-28 05:05:16 UTC
- Depth
- 155.0 km (96.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.628° S, 129.873° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.8Banda Sea · 17073 days ago · 131 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.6Banda Sea · 17073 days ago · 209 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.0265 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17070 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.2Banda Sea · 17062 days ago · 93 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.1261 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 17062 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17047 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001486. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC.