M3.0 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Tue, May 21, 1985, 11:59 AM GMT+8 (03:59 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-21 03:59:49 UTC
- Depth
- 78.8 km (49.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.866° S, 129.549° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia · 15098 days ago · 170 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 15098 days ago · 150 km deep · 46 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 · 96 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 15066 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15060 days ago · 93 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.2Banda Sea · 15054 days ago · 181 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 4.8288 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15101 days ago · 138 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 15103 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.8286 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15105 days ago · 113 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4270 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15106 days ago · 119 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.2275 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15111 days ago · 112 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15117 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002f1c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC.