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M4.8 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Jun 4, 1982, 11:59 AM GMT+9 (02:59 UTC), 149 km (92 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1982-06-04 02:59:37 UTC
Depth
148.5 km (92.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.970° S, 129.861° 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 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Banda Sea · 16185 days ago · 164 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16181 days ago · 109 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 5.0Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16166 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 5.0272 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16150 days ago · 166 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16148 days ago · 138 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 5.6Banda Sea · 16142 days ago · 146 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.6Banda Sea · 16133 days ago · 187 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.6296 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16194 days ago · 167 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 5.1Banda Sea · 16210 days ago · 191 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.6Banda Sea · 16213 days ago · 129 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001mp5. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC.