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M4.2 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Aug 6, 1982, 4:52 PM GMT+9 (07:52 UTC), 141 km (88 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1982-08-06 07:52:53 UTC
Depth
140.9 km (87.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.747° S, 130.043° 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 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Banda Sea · 16120 days ago · 155 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 5.2Banda Sea · 16119 days ago · 214 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 5.3293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16111 days ago · 114 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.9Banda Sea · 16110 days ago · 192 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 5.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16097 days ago · 124 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.4Banda Sea · 16096 days ago · 155 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 5.1Banda Sea · 16089 days ago · 146 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 5.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16078 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Banda Sea · 16137 days ago · 187 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 5.6Banda Sea · 16145 days ago · 146 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16152 days ago · 138 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001nvp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:24 AM UTC.