M4.6 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Mon, May 10, 1982, 1:20 PM GMT+9 (04:20 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-05-10 04:20:52 UTC
- Depth
- 128.9 km (80.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.503° S, 130.173° 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 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1Banda Sea · 16209 days ago · 191 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 16188 days ago · 149 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 16184 days ago · 164 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16180 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001m71. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:06 PM UTC.