M4.5 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 8:55 PM GMT+9 (11:55 UTC), 171 km (106 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 253 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-21 11:55:28 UTC
- Depth
- 170.8 km (106.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.429° S, 130.001° 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 9.3 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 since this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4270 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 32 days ago · 134 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 31 days ago · 124 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.8253 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 16 days ago · 134 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8289 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 13 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 4.4Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 167 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5Banda Sea · 43 days ago · 168 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 46 days ago · 194 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1Banda Sea · 46 days ago · 215 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 47 days ago · 173 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1Banda Sea · 57 days ago · 154 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2Banda Sea · 65 days ago · 191 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tmfc. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:58 PM UTC.