M4.3 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sun, Aug 15, 1982, 12:21 AM GMT+9 (15:21 UTC), 155 km (96 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-14 15:21:50 UTC
- Depth
- 155.3 km (96.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.491° S, 130.153° 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 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2Banda Sea · 16119 days ago · 214 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.3293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16111 days ago · 114 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 16110 days ago · 192 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.6231 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16099 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16097 days ago · 124 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 16096 days ago · 155 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.1Banda Sea · 16089 days ago · 146 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16079 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.0275 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 16071 days ago · 220 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16063 days ago · 155 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001p1u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:33 AM UTC.