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M4.5 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sun, Apr 20, 1986, 7:12 AM GMT+9 (22:12 UTC), 162 km (101 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 292 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1986-04-19 22:12:54 UTC
Depth
162.1 km (100.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.641° S, 129.775° 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. 4.7292 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14763 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.3299 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14747 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.4291 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14739 days ago · 138 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.3Banda Sea · 14739 days ago · 152 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.6Banda Sea · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 5.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14712 days ago · 116 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 4.7Banda Sea · 14782 days ago · 197 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.1Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14789 days ago · 168 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002t1e. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC.