M4.8 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Dec 6, 1985, 1:29 PM GMT+9 (04:29 UTC), 164 km (102 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-12-06 04:29:23 UTC
- Depth
- 163.8 km (101.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.479° S, 130.028° 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 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Banda Sea · 14889 days ago · 159 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.0242 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14878 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 14856 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.0298 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14851 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.6247 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14842 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002nkh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:36 AM UTC.