M4.7 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Tue, Sep 27, 1983, 2:26 AM GMT+8 (18:26 UTC), 164 km (102 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 265 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-09-26 18:26:28 UTC
- Depth
- 164.4 km (102.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.878° S, 129.745° 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 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4269 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15673 days ago · 161 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 15667 days ago · 136 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.1265 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15665 days ago · 109 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001yp4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:49 PM UTC.