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M5.9 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Sep 25, 1985, 5:28 AM GMT+9 (20:28 UTC), 147 km (91 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.9 (mw), moderate
Local time
UTC
1985-09-24 20:28:52 UTC
Depth
146.6 km (91.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.405° S, 130.037° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.1Banda Sea · 14978 days ago · 179 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 5.0282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14970 days ago · 61 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.7232 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14963 days ago · 124 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.9Banda Sea · 14958 days ago · 165 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 5.0Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 14983 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 5.2Banda Sea · 14989 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15010 days ago · 153 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002k31 (also filed as gcmtb092485b, gcmt19850924202851, iscgem516602). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.