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M5.2 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Mon, Aug 16, 1982, 10:27 AM GMT+9 (01:27 UTC), 214 km (133 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 298 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.2 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1982-08-16 01:27:00 UTC
Depth
213.5 km (132.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.160° S, 129.451° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.3242 km SSE of Ambon, Indonesia · 16107 days ago · 322 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.9Banda Sea · 16105 days ago · 192 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 5.4298 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16105 days ago · 246 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.4270 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 16101 days ago · 361 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 5.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16092 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.4Banda Sea · 16091 days ago · 155 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 5.1Banda Sea · 16084 days ago · 146 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 5.0275 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 16066 days ago · 220 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.1296 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16064 days ago · 191 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Banda Sea · 16116 days ago · 155 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.2Banda Sea · 16124 days ago · 141 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.6Banda Sea · 16132 days ago · 187 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 5.6Banda Sea · 16141 days ago · 146 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001p2v. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:56 AM UTC.