M4.2 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sat, Nov 30, 1985, 1:52 PM GMT+9 (04:52 UTC), 139 km (86 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-30 04:52:22 UTC
- Depth
- 138.7 km (86.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.869° S, 130.726° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- 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 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Banda Sea · 14905 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.0242 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14878 days ago · 101 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.1147 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14870 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.9185 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14863 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002nd5. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC.