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M4.8 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Mon, Aug 3, 1987, 11:50 AM GMT+9 (02:50 UTC), 196 km (122 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1987-08-03 02:50:03 UTC
Depth
195.9 km (121.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.495° S, 130.067° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1282 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14294 days ago · 215 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 5.4Banda Sea · 14292 days ago · 138 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.7267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14291 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.1Banda Sea · 14287 days ago · 134 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.4267 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14284 days ago · 157 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.8Banda Sea · 14283 days ago · 128 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.0Banda Sea · 14278 days ago · 143 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14274 days ago · 184 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.6276 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14267 days ago · 186 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 4.8Banda Sea · 14261 days ago · 187 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 5.1Banda Sea · 14259 days ago · 124 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 4.7215 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14253 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14251 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 5.0245 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14318 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 5.0Banda Sea · 14330 days ago · 136 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.6Banda Sea · 14331 days ago · 175 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 5.5282 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia · 14333 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.3277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14333 days ago · 145 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.1251 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14335 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000376m. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:54 AM UTC.