November 2, 1950 Earthquake: Banda Sea, Indonesia
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Banda Sea, Indonesia on November 2, 1950 at 15:27:56 UTC, 60 km below the surface.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- November 2, 1950
- Time
- 15:27:56 UTC
- Place
- Banda Sea, Indonesia
- Magnitude
- 8.1 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 60 km (37 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 6.500° S, 129.500° E
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Central and South Pacific
- USGS record
- The USGS’s page for this earthquake
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #130 Gutenberg, B. and C.F. Richter (1965). Seismicity of the earth and associated phenomena. Princeton University Press, 1954 (second edition); Hafner Publishing Company, New York and London (facsimile edition), 310 p.
- #88 Duda, Seweryn J. (1965). Secular seismic energy release in the circum-Pacific belt. Tectonophysics, vol. 2, no. 5, p. 409-452. DOI:10.1016/0040-1951(65)90035-1
- #1002 Lomnitz, Cinna (1974). Development in Geotectonics #5, Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1974.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 25, 1852, Bandanaira, Maluku, Indonesia
- September 12, 1763, Bandaneira, Indonesia
- January 9, 2023, Banda Sea, Indonesia
- November 4, 1963, Banda Sea, Indonesia
- November 9, 1659, Banda Sea, Indonesia
- November 18, 1918, Banda Sea, Indonesia
- July 18, 1956, Banda Sea, Indonesia
- September 25, 1859, Neira I, Lonthor I, Indonesia
- November 26, 1841, N. Moluccas Islands, Indonesia
- January 15, 1975, Bandanaira, Maluku, Indonesia
- January 27, 2006, Banda Sea, Indonesia
- August 30, 1917, Banda Sea, Indonesia
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 3956. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem896018, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.