M5.4 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Aug 9, 1985, 5:32 PM GMT+8 (09:32 UTC), 181 km (112 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 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
- 5.4 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-09 09:32:06 UTC
- Depth
- 180.8 km (112.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.912° S, 129.389° E
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Banda Sea · 15020 days ago · 137 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.8Banda Sea · 15011 days ago · 167 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15010 days ago · 153 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.2Banda Sea · 14989 days ago · 86 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.9Banda Sea · 14981 days ago · 147 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.1Banda Sea · 14978 days ago · 179 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002hhm (also filed as gcmtb080985b, gcmt19850809093207, iscgem517665). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:39 PM UTC.