M4.6 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Mon, Dec 12, 1983, 4:14 AM GMT+9 (19:14 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Banda Sea. 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-12-11 19:14:25 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 5.989° S, 129.955° 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
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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
- 4.7Banda Sea · 15619 days ago · 212 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 15613 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4258 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 15611 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 15593 days ago · 157 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.3232 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 15586 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3256 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15581 days ago · 167 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00020e5. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC.