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M4.6 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Feb 20, 1987, 3:49 AM GMT+9 (18:49 UTC), 165 km (103 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1987-02-19 18:49:31 UTC
Depth
165.3 km (102.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.560° S, 129.871° 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 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.0Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14472 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.4Banda Sea · 14457 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 5.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14457 days ago · 146 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14444 days ago · 117 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.1294 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14437 days ago · 216 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 4.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14435 days ago · 164 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 5.3Banda Sea · 14435 days ago · 181 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 4.4281 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14417 days ago · 111 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 4.7Banda Sea · 14494 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.1286 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14502 days ago · 141 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 5.7Banda Sea · 14502 days ago · 159 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00032ma. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC.