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M5.1 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sat, Dec 5, 1987, 8:47 PM GMT+9 (11:47 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1987-12-05 11:47:13 UTC
Depth
119.0 km (73.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.830° S, 129.941° 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 2.1 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Banda Sea · 14171 days ago · 168 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 5.1278 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14165 days ago · 134 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.9Banda Sea · 14151 days ago · 153 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.0243 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14146 days ago · 161 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 5.1Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14146 days ago · 149 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.7269 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14132 days ago · 125 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.6279 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14118 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.1265 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14112 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 4.2289 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14173 days ago · 237 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.1Banda Sea · 14177 days ago · 128 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.0286 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14178 days ago · 277 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.9293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14184 days ago · 150 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.5Banda Sea · 14185 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14196 days ago · 127 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 4.6278 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14197 days ago · 169 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003azd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:23 AM UTC.