M4.8 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sun, Jan 31, 1982, 5:56 AM GMT+9 (20:56 UTC), 144 km (89 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-30 20:56:34 UTC
- Depth
- 143.7 km (89.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.785° S, 129.748° 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5261 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16282 days ago · 129 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 16274 days ago · 173 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.6Banda Sea · 16258 days ago · 181 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001jde. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:58 AM UTC.