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M4.6 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Oct 30, 1987, 10:42 PM GMT+8 (14:42 UTC), 144 km (89 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1987-10-30 14:42:42 UTC
Depth
143.9 km (89.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.919° S, 129.670° 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8Banda Sea · 14201 days ago · 162 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.7Banda Sea · 14201 days ago · 123 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.6278 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14197 days ago · 169 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14196 days ago · 127 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.5Banda Sea · 14185 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 3.9293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14184 days ago · 150 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.0286 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14178 days ago · 277 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.1Banda Sea · 14177 days ago · 128 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.2289 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14173 days ago · 237 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 5.1Banda Sea · 14171 days ago · 119 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 4.5Banda Sea · 14171 days ago · 168 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 5.1278 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14165 days ago · 134 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 4.9Banda Sea · 14151 days ago · 153 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14207 days ago · 151 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14208 days ago · 174 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 5.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14211 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.9Banda Sea · 14214 days ago · 173 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.5Banda Sea · 14220 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.2Banda Sea · 14220 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 5.9Banda Sea · 14222 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.9299 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14231 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14233 days ago · 160 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 4.6Banda Sea · 14234 days ago · 145 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00039rt. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.