M3.7 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sun, Nov 28, 1982, 2:15 AM GMT+9 (17:15 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 260 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-11-27 17:15:01 UTC
- Depth
- 129.7 km (80.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.377° S, 130.139° 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5260 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16001 days ago · 125 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.9260 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15981 days ago · 143 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 15955 days ago · 144 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 5.6Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 16020 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16030 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.0293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16035 days ago · 110 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.0Banda Sea · 16036 days ago · 154 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.0277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16042 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.6258 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 16044 days ago · 166 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001r55. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.