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M4.5 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sat, Feb 19, 1983, 11:34 AM GMT+9 (02:34 UTC), 148 km (92 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 292 km W of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1983-02-19 02:34:45 UTC
Depth
147.9 km (91.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.365° S, 129.863° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6292 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 15895 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 5.5Banda Sea · 15888 days ago · 133 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.8Banda Sea · 15885 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 5.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15877 days ago · 139 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.8Banda Sea · 15944 days ago · 169 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.4Banda Sea · 15946 days ago · 144 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.7Banda Sea · 15949 days ago · 215 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001t5d. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC.