M5.2 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sat, Jul 6, 1985, 2:22 PM GMT+9 (05:22 UTC), 181 km (112 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
- 5.2 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-06 05:22:07 UTC
- Depth
- 180.8 km (112.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.517° S, 129.843° 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 2.2 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1270 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 15020 days ago · 176 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.4Banda Sea · 15019 days ago · 181 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 15012 days ago · 137 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.8Banda Sea · 15003 days ago · 167 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15002 days ago · 153 km deep · 60 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002ggg. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:52 PM UTC.