M4.7 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Thu, May 23, 1985, 8:01 AM GMT+9 (23:01 UTC), 150 km (93 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-22 23:01:50 UTC
- Depth
- 149.9 km (93.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.541° S, 129.811° 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 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Banda Sea · 15093 days ago · 98 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.2296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15088 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 15066 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15059 days ago · 93 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.9295 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 15055 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.2Banda Sea · 15053 days ago · 181 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002f3d. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.