M4.1 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sat, Aug 1, 2026, 11:35 PM GMT+9 (14:35 UTC), 154 km (96 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 253 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-01 14:35:12 UTC
- Depth
- 154.1 km (95.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.764° S, 129.619° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 since this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Banda Sea · 54 days ago · 232 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 48 days ago · 173 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.1Banda Sea · 47 days ago · 215 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 46 days ago · 194 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 43 days ago · 168 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 167 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 37 days ago · 171 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 31 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3260 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 29 days ago · 121 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.9253 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 8
- 4.8289 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 13 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.1276 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 61 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2Banda Sea · 65 days ago · 191 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 69 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 72 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 72 days ago · 227 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 75 days ago · 160 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3287 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 78 days ago · 125 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 82 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000thgp. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC.