M4.8 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Thu, Jan 28, 1982, 5:23 PM GMT+9 (08:23 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-28 08:23:01 UTC
- Depth
- 108.3 km (67.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.600° S, 130.508° E
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Banda Sea · 16315 days ago · 144 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5243 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16311 days ago · 173 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3195 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16293 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5261 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16284 days ago · 129 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6275 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16282 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 16277 days ago · 173 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001jc1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:46 PM UTC.