M4.8 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sun, Jun 23, 1985, 5:42 PM GMT+8 (09:42 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-06-23 09:42:09 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.953° S, 129.539° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15068 days ago · 93 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.2Banda Sea · 15062 days ago · 181 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15056 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.4Banda Sea · 15027 days ago · 181 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 15020 days ago · 137 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002g2u. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.