M4.6 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Thu, Jul 29, 1982, 12:30 PM GMT+9 (03:30 UTC), 187 km (116 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-07-29 03:30:25 UTC
- Depth
- 187.4 km (116.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.216° S, 130.084° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Banda Sea · 16128 days ago · 141 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 16120 days ago · 155 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.2Banda Sea · 16118 days ago · 214 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.3293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16111 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 16109 days ago · 192 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4270 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 16105 days ago · 361 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6231 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16098 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 16096 days ago · 155 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.1Banda Sea · 16088 days ago · 146 km deep · 41 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001nr3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.