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M5.7 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Apr 21, 1982, 9:05 PM GMT+9 (12:05 UTC), 84 km (52 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.7 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1982-04-21 12:05:24 UTC
Depth
83.5 km (51.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.823° S, 129.900° 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 2.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16222 days ago · 156 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.6Banda Sea · 16207 days ago · 129 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 5.1Banda Sea · 16203 days ago · 191 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 4.6296 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16187 days ago · 167 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.8Banda Sea · 16182 days ago · 149 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 4.4Banda Sea · 16178 days ago · 164 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16174 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 5.5245 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16229 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.7Banda Sea · 16244 days ago · 144 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 5.6Banda Sea · 16252 days ago · 181 km deep · 55 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001kvd (also filed as gcmtb042182a, gcmt19820421120523, iscgem601009). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC.