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M4.5 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Tue, May 5, 2026, 7:58 AM GMT+9 (22:58 UTC), 154 km (95 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-05-04 22:58:52 UTC
Depth
153.6 km (95.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.563° S, 129.892° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.0Banda Sea · 153 days ago · 161 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.5Banda Sea · 152 days ago · 156 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 6.2268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 143 days ago · 137 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 16
  4. 4.9268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 137 days ago · 123 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.5296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 133 days ago · 152 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.2297 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 124 days ago · 165 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 4.3Banda Sea · 123 days ago · 169 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.4Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 122 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.1Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 116 days ago · 159 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 3.8Banda Sea · 105 days ago · 137 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 4.3Banda Sea · 100 days ago · 159 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 5.1285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 99 days ago · 160 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 4.3294 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 98 days ago · 181 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 4.3252 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 93 days ago · 140 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Banda Sea · 173 days ago · 174 km deep · 48 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sxgi. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.