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M5.1 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Sep 15, 1982, 9:59 AM GMT+9 (00:59 UTC), 146 km (91 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
5.1 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1982-09-15 00:59:24 UTC
Depth
146.4 km (91.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.582° S, 130.015° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16068 days ago · 119 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16053 days ago · 155 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 5.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16050 days ago · 164 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 5.3264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16042 days ago · 120 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 5.6258 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16035 days ago · 166 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 5.0277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16033 days ago · 92 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.0Banda Sea · 16028 days ago · 154 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 5.0Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16027 days ago · 139 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 5.0293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16026 days ago · 110 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16022 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16020 days ago · 165 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Banda Sea · 16086 days ago · 155 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 5.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16087 days ago · 124 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.9Banda Sea · 16100 days ago · 192 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 5.3293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16101 days ago · 114 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 5.2Banda Sea · 16109 days ago · 214 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001pm8. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC.