M4.9 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Mar 10, 1982, 5:10 AM GMT+9 (20:10 UTC), 173 km (107 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 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
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-03-09 20:10:18 UTC
- Depth
- 172.6 km (107.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.679° S, 129.963° 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 1.9 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.6Banda Sea · 16262 days ago · 181 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 16254 days ago · 144 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.5245 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16240 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.7Banda Sea · 16236 days ago · 84 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16232 days ago · 156 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001k1p. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:20 AM UTC.