M4.6 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Mon, Jun 27, 1983, 6:02 PM GMT+8 (10:02 UTC), 310 km (193 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 179 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-06-27 10:02:10 UTC
- Depth
- 309.8 km (192.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 6.661° S, 128.376° 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 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2284 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15803 days ago · 189 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6261 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15788 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2243 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15787 days ago · 141 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2283 km S of Ambon, Indonesia · 15786 days ago · 327 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2231 km S of Ambon, Indonesia · 15781 days ago · 215 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.9179 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15762 days ago · 178 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001we6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:55 AM UTC.