M3.8 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Apr 3, 1985, 9:43 PM GMT+9 (12:43 UTC), 145 km (90 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-04-03 12:43:17 UTC
- Depth
- 144.9 km (90.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.743° S, 129.945° 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 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 15131 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15117 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8286 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15105 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 15103 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.8288 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15101 days ago · 138 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.0Banda Sea · 15100 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 15098 days ago · 150 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 15093 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.2296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15089 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.9Banda Sea · 15157 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 15162 days ago · 207 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5298 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15166 days ago · 178 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 15169 days ago · 170 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 15176 days ago · 192 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4295 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15176 days ago · 174 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002de5. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:51 AM UTC.