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M4.4 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Tue, May 5, 1987, 8:02 AM GMT+9 (23:02 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1987-05-04 23:02:56 UTC
Depth
120.7 km (75.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.850° S, 130.181° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14383 days ago · 110 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 3.9280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14379 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.9Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 14369 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 5.0292 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14366 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 5.3252 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14360 days ago · 138 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14354 days ago · 224 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 5.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14345 days ago · 140 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 5.1282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14343 days ago · 112 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 5.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14340 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14338 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14327 days ago · 157 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 5.2252 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14394 days ago · 149 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.3Banda Sea · 14394 days ago · 192 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 3.6297 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14398 days ago · 238 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.5281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14398 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.4281 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14404 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00034qf. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC.