M4.7 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Mar 30, 1988, 6:16 AM GMT+9 (21:16 UTC), 159 km (99 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 291 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-03-29 21:16:21 UTC
- Depth
- 158.9 km (98.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.258° S, 129.923° E
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0253 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14022 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.2291 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14009 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3273 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14002 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 5.0298 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14059 days ago · 124 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4277 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14074 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4248 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14080 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 14082 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 14085 days ago · 146 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003ef2. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC.