M4.9 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Oct 31, 1980, 5:09 PM GMT+9 (08:09 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-10-31 08:09:08 UTC
- Depth
- 129.0 km (80.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.372° S, 129.910° 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 1.9 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6239 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16736 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16735 days ago · 174 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8279 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 16706 days ago · 202 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001am2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.