M4.5 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sat, May 18, 1985, 1:16 PM GMT+9 (04:16 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-18 04:16:28 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.509° S, 130.014° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0Banda Sea · 15100 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 15098 days ago · 150 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 15093 days ago · 98 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.2296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15088 days ago · 119 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.8256 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15069 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 15066 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15059 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.9295 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 15056 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.2Banda Sea · 15054 days ago · 181 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002exw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC.