M4.5 earthquake Banda Sea
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Banda Sea on Tue, May 5, 2026, 10:46 PM GMT+9 (13:46 UTC), 156 km (97 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 268 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-05 13:46:52 UTC
- Depth
- 156.2 km (97.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.578° S, 130.134° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.2268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 143 days ago · 137 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 16
- 4.9268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 137 days ago · 123 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 134 days ago · 152 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2297 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 125 days ago · 165 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 123 days ago · 169 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.8Banda Sea · 105 days ago · 137 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3241 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 103 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Banda Sea · 101 days ago · 159 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.1285 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 99 days ago · 160 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3252 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 93 days ago · 140 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000siex. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:08 PM UTC.