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M4.9 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Tue, Mar 11, 1986, 1:42 PM GMT+9 (04:42 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1986-03-11 04:42:27 UTC
Depth
123.6 km (76.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.451° S, 129.970° 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 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.1284 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14809 days ago · 174 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 5.3Banda Sea · 14807 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.1Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14799 days ago · 168 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.7Banda Sea · 14791 days ago · 197 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.5Banda Sea · 14775 days ago · 162 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 3.8282 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 14759 days ago · 225 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 3.9251 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14817 days ago · 151 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.7Banda Sea · 14827 days ago · 147 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.7247 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14845 days ago · 116 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002rrd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.