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M4.4 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Thu, Aug 13, 2026, 3:58 AM GMT+9 (18:58 UTC), 194 km (120 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 253 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2026-08-12 18:58:27 UTC
Depth
193.9 km (120.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.564° S, 129.462° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
35°
Stations used
90

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 since this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Banda Sea · 45 days ago · 168 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.4Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 44 days ago · 167 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.5Banda Sea · 39 days ago · 171 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.1280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 124 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.3Banda Sea · 20 days ago · 175 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 5.9253 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 18 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 8
  7. 4.8289 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.6296 km S of Ambon, Indonesia · 7 days ago · 296 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Banda Sea · 48 days ago · 215 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 4.6Banda Sea · 49 days ago · 173 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.8Banda Sea · 56 days ago · 232 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.1Banda Sea · 59 days ago · 154 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.1276 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 63 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.2Banda Sea · 67 days ago · 191 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 4.4Banda Sea · 71 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.3261 km SSE of Ambon, Indonesia · 71 days ago · 309 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 4.5285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 74 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.4Banda Sea · 74 days ago · 227 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 77 days ago · 160 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tk9q. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.