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M5.1 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Thu, May 13, 1982, 11:05 PM GMT+9 (14:05 UTC), 191 km (119 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1982-05-13 14:05:23 UTC
Depth
190.9 km (118.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.721° S, 129.701° 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 2.1 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6296 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16195 days ago · 167 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.8Banda Sea · 16190 days ago · 149 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.4Banda Sea · 16186 days ago · 164 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16182 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 5.0Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16168 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Banda Sea · 16215 days ago · 129 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16230 days ago · 156 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 5.7Banda Sea · 16233 days ago · 84 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001m9j. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC.