M4.0 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Mon, Sep 29, 1986, 11:17 PM GMT+9 (14:17 UTC), 150 km (93 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 288 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-09-29 14:17:44 UTC
- Depth
- 149.5 km (92.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.986° S, 129.857° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2295 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14602 days ago · 121 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.1288 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14598 days ago · 132 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5298 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14596 days ago · 158 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0290 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14589 days ago · 130 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14568 days ago · 110 km deep · 3 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002ygp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:06 PM UTC.