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M3.8 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sun, Aug 25, 1985, 11:33 PM GMT+8 (15:33 UTC), 167 km (104 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
1985-08-25 15:33:59 UTC
Depth
167.1 km (103.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.937° S, 129.486° 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15009 days ago · 153 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 5.2Banda Sea · 14989 days ago · 86 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 5.0Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 14982 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 5.9Banda Sea · 14980 days ago · 147 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 5.1Banda Sea · 14977 days ago · 179 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.9Banda Sea · 14957 days ago · 165 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Banda Sea · 15019 days ago · 137 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 5.4Banda Sea · 15027 days ago · 181 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002j4v. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC.