M4.9 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Aug 25, 1982, 10:15 AM GMT+9 (01:15 UTC), 192 km (119 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-25 01:15:26 UTC
- Depth
- 191.7 km (119.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.506° S, 129.951° E
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
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 1.9 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4270 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 16103 days ago · 361 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16094 days ago · 124 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 16093 days ago · 155 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.1Banda Sea · 16086 days ago · 146 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16075 days ago · 119 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.0275 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 16068 days ago · 220 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16060 days ago · 155 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16057 days ago · 164 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.3264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16049 days ago · 120 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 5.3293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16108 days ago · 114 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.2Banda Sea · 16116 days ago · 214 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 16117 days ago · 155 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2Banda Sea · 16125 days ago · 141 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 16134 days ago · 187 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001p84. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:25 PM UTC.