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M4.9 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Oct 23, 1987, 11:02 PM GMT+9 (14:02 UTC), 173 km (107 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
4.9 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1987-10-23 14:02:59 UTC
Depth
172.5 km (107.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.531° S, 129.933° 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 1.9 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14212 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 5.0264 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14211 days ago · 135 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14209 days ago · 174 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14207 days ago · 151 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.6Banda Sea · 14207 days ago · 144 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.0283 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14207 days ago · 180 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.8Banda Sea · 14202 days ago · 162 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 4.7Banda Sea · 14202 days ago · 123 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14197 days ago · 127 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.5Banda Sea · 14186 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 3.9293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14185 days ago · 150 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 4.1Banda Sea · 14178 days ago · 128 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 5.1Banda Sea · 14171 days ago · 119 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 4.5Banda Sea · 14171 days ago · 168 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 5.1278 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14165 days ago · 134 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Banda Sea · 14220 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.2Banda Sea · 14220 days ago · 99 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 5.9Banda Sea · 14223 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.9299 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14232 days ago · 104 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.7278 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14233 days ago · 193 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14234 days ago · 160 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.6Banda Sea · 14234 days ago · 145 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14240 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00039he. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.