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M5.0 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Dec 23, 1981, 10:22 AM GMT+9 (01:22 UTC), 151 km (94 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1981-12-23 01:22:26 UTC
Depth
150.5 km (93.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.520° S, 130.176° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6Banda Sea · 16351 days ago · 127 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.5221 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16336 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.8Banda Sea · 16319 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.4Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16318 days ago · 163 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.8Banda Sea · 16317 days ago · 144 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.5243 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16313 days ago · 173 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16364 days ago · 217 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.6Banda Sea · 16367 days ago · 175 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001hkv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:09 PM UTC.