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M5.6 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Mar 26, 1982, 12:56 PM GMT+8 (04:56 UTC), 181 km (112 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.6 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1982-03-26 04:56:32 UTC
Depth
181.0 km (112.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.845° S, 129.399° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7Banda Sea · 16251 days ago · 144 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 5.7Banda Sea · 16233 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16230 days ago · 156 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.6Banda Sea · 16214 days ago · 129 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 5.1Banda Sea · 16211 days ago · 191 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 5.0242 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16205 days ago · 158 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 4.9Banda Sea · 16276 days ago · 173 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001kbt (also filed as gcmtb032682c, gcmt19820326045632, iscgem603011). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC.