M4.8 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Jan 28, 1983, 12:36 AM GMT+8 (16:36 UTC), 169 km (105 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 252 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-01-27 16:36:47 UTC
- Depth
- 168.7 km (104.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.931° S, 129.519° 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 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2230 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15953 days ago · 175 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8275 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15945 days ago · 182 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 15934 days ago · 148 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.4295 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15916 days ago · 186 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.6252 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15903 days ago · 151 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1260 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15901 days ago · 161 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6256 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15901 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.5Banda Sea · 15899 days ago · 133 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 15897 days ago · 133 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001snc. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:33 PM UTC.