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M4.5 earthquake Banda Sea

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 10:56 PM GMT+9 (13:56 UTC), 168 km (104 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 253 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
2026-08-15 13:56:25 UTC
Depth
167.7 km (104.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.596° S, 129.821° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
40°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 since this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 49 days ago · 167 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.5Banda Sea · 44 days ago · 171 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.4270 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 134 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.1280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 124 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 4.3Banda Sea · 25 days ago · 175 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 4.8253 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 22 days ago · 134 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.8289 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 19 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.5272 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 4 days ago · 95 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.4Banda Sea · 26 hr ago · 140 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Banda Sea · 53 days ago · 194 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.1Banda Sea · 53 days ago · 215 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.6Banda Sea · 54 days ago · 173 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.1Banda Sea · 64 days ago · 154 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.2Banda Sea · 72 days ago · 191 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.4Banda Sea · 76 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.3286 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 76 days ago · 141 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.5285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 79 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.4Banda Sea · 79 days ago · 227 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tl19. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:17 PM UTC.