M4.3 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 10:15 AM GMT+9 (01:15 UTC), 174 km (108 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-04-15 01:15:36 UTC
- Depth
- 174.3 km (108.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.878° S, 129.592° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.6 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6280 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 164 days ago · 145 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2259 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 162 days ago · 132 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 153 days ago · 154 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2260 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 153 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.0Banda Sea · 153 days ago · 161 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5Banda Sea · 153 days ago · 156 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 152 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 134 days ago · 152 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2267 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 125 days ago · 186 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2297 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 125 days ago · 165 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 123 days ago · 169 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 122 days ago · 121 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 116 days ago · 159 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.1254 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 174 days ago · 148 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 196 days ago · 114 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1Banda Sea · 197 days ago · 149 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1297 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 201 days ago · 132 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 202 days ago · 152 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sq4f. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC.