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M4.4 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Tue, May 28, 1985, 10:41 AM GMT+9 (01:41 UTC), 98 km (61 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1985-05-28 01:41:58 UTC
Depth
97.5 km (60.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.433° S, 129.629° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.2296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15094 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.8Banda Sea · 15072 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15065 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.9295 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 15062 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 5.2Banda Sea · 15060 days ago · 181 km deep · 25 km away

Before

  1. 4.7Banda Sea · 15104 days ago · 150 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 3.0Banda Sea · 15106 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.5Banda Sea · 15109 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.8286 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15111 days ago · 113 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002f8t. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:11 PM UTC.