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M4.6 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Mar 6, 1985, 5:06 AM GMT+8 (21:06 UTC), 192 km (119 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1985-03-05 21:06:57 UTC
Depth
191.6 km (119.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.916° S, 129.410° 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 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9Banda Sea · 15176 days ago · 170 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 4.5298 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15173 days ago · 178 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.8Banda Sea · 15169 days ago · 207 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.9Banda Sea · 15165 days ago · 92 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 6.2Banda Sea · 15164 days ago · 249 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 5.0268 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15157 days ago · 155 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 3.8Banda Sea · 15155 days ago · 145 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 3.9Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 15139 days ago · 116 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15125 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 4.4295 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15183 days ago · 174 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.9Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 15197 days ago · 182 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002cga. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC.