M4.9 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Mon, Mar 25, 1985, 3:01 AM GMT+9 (18:01 UTC), 92 km (57 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-24 18:01:09 UTC
- Depth
- 91.9 km (57.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.936° S, 130.214° 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 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.8Banda Sea · 15154 days ago · 145 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.9Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 15138 days ago · 116 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15124 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8286 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15111 days ago · 113 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 15109 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.0Banda Sea · 15106 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 15105 days ago · 150 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.8Banda Sea · 15168 days ago · 207 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5298 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15173 days ago · 178 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 15176 days ago · 170 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 15183 days ago · 192 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 15191 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002d5z. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:18 AM UTC.