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M6.2 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Mon, Mar 25, 1985, 7:07 PM GMT+8 (11:07 UTC), 249 km (154 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
6.2 (mw), strong
Local time
UTC
1985-03-25 11:07:19 UTC
Depth
248.5 km (154.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.437° S, 128.767° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.2 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.2275 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15117 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.4270 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15112 days ago · 119 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.5245 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15106 days ago · 282 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 4.9Banda Sea · 15175 days ago · 170 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.6Banda Sea · 15182 days ago · 192 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.4295 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15182 days ago · 174 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002d6k (also filed as gcmtb032585c, gcmt19850325110719, iscgem530968). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC.