M4.4 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Thu, Jul 24, 1986, 6:53 PM GMT+8 (10:53 UTC), 212 km (132 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-24 10:53:24 UTC
- Depth
- 212.2 km (131.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.747° S, 129.559° 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 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14674 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14672 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14671 days ago · 152 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7294 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14666 days ago · 160 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.3286 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14664 days ago · 126 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1294 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14661 days ago · 163 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3270 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14656 days ago · 229 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.9289 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14648 days ago · 149 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 5.0Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14677 days ago · 112 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14697 days ago · 166 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 14702 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5278 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14702 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002wfa. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.