M4.4 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Sep 8, 1982, 4:29 AM GMT+9 (19:29 UTC), 155 km (96 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-09-07 19:29:44 UTC
- Depth
- 155.0 km (96.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.670° S, 129.907° 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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1Banda Sea · 16079 days ago · 146 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16068 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1296 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16059 days ago · 191 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16053 days ago · 155 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16050 days ago · 164 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.3264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16042 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.6258 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16035 days ago · 166 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.0277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16033 days ago · 92 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0Banda Sea · 16028 days ago · 154 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.0Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16027 days ago · 139 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 5.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16087 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 16100 days ago · 192 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.3293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16101 days ago · 114 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.2Banda Sea · 16109 days ago · 214 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 16111 days ago · 155 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001pf5. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC.