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Largest earthquakes in or around the Banda Sea on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

Updated: Mar 7, 2023 04:33 GMT -
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Quakes since 1900:

  • 3 quakes above magnitude 8
  • 46 quakes between magnitude 7 and 8
  • 333 quakes between magnitude 6 and 7
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Showing quakes since 1900, magnitude 6 or higher (382 quakes):
Date and timeMag
Depth
Nearest volcano (distance)LocationDetailsMap
Feb 17, 2023 7:07 pm (GMT +9:30) (Feb 17, 2023 09:37 GMT)
6.6

97 km
233 km (145 mi)Indonesia: Di Laut 125 Km BaratDaya Maluku Tenggara 166 reportsMore
Jan 10, 2023 3:17 am (GMT +9:30) (Jan 9, 2023 17:47 GMT)
7.9

131 km
95 km (59 mi)Indonesia: Di Laut 148 Km BaratLaut MALUKUTENGGARABRT 880 reportsMore
May 27, 2022 11:36 am (GMT +9) (May 27, 2022 02:36 GMT)
6.2

49 km
189 km (117 mi)Timor-Leste: 38 Km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste 246 reportsMore
Feb 2, 2022 4:55 am (GMT +9:30) (Feb 1, 2022 19:25 GMT)
6.0

119 km
56 km (35 mi)Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia 55 reportsMore
Jan 5, 2022 5:55 am (GMT +9) (Jan 4, 2022 20:55 GMT)
6.0

544 km
182 km (113 mi)283 Km E of Katabu, Indonesia 1 reportMore
Dec 30, 2021 3:25 am (GMT +9) (Dec 29, 2021 18:25 GMT)
7.3

167 km
131 km (81 mi)Indonesia: 121 Km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste 1221 reportsMore
Dec 14, 2021 11:20 am (GMT +8) (Dec 14, 2021 03:20 GMT)
7.3

16 km
96 km (60 mi)Indonesia: Flores Sea 13 reportsMore
Jul 26, 2021 8:09 pm (GMT +8) (Jul 26, 2021 12:09 GMT)
6.3

10 km
77 km (48 mi)Indonesia: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi 13 reportsMore
16 Jun 1:43 pm (GMT +9) (Jun 16, 2021 04:43 GMT)
6.0

19 km
131 km (81 mi)Seram, Indonesia 4 reportsMore
Apr 4, 2021 3:42 am (GMT +9) (Apr 3, 2021 18:42 GMT)
6.0

349 km
199 km (124 mi)Banda Sea, Indonesia 1 reportMore
Sep 8, 2020 00:45 GMT
6.1

200 km
41 km (25 mi)Banda Sea (Indonesia) 7 reportsMore
Aug 21, 2020 04:09 GMT
6.9

632 km
96 km (60 mi)Banda Sea (Indonesia) 31 reportsMore
May 6, 2020 13:53 GMT
6.8

113 km
46 km (29 mi)Banda Sea (Indonesia) 471 reportsMore
Feb 26, 2020 07:33 GMT
6.0

56 km
198 km (123 mi)Tanimbar Islands Reg., Indonesia 56 reportsMore
Sep 25, 2019 23:46 GMT
6.4

10 km
191 km (119 mi)Seram, Indonesia 5 reportsMore
Jul 14, 2019 09:10 GMT
7.1

10 km
57 km (35 mi)Halmahera, Indonesia 13 reportsMore
Jun 24, 2019 02:53 GMT
7.3

214 km
41 km (25 mi)Banda Sea (Indonesia) 186 reportsMore
May 18, 2019 11:14 GMT
6.0

10 km
67 km (42 mi)Timor Region (Indonesia) More
Apr 12, 2019 11:40 GMT
6.5

10 km
223 km (139 mi)Sulawesi, Indonesia 55 reportsMore
Dec 28, 2018 03:03 GMT
6.0

53 km
568 km (353 mi)Irian Jaya Region, Indonesia More
Dec 1, 2018 13:27 GMT
6.3

146 km
39 km (24 mi)Banda Sea 185 reportsMore
Aug 17, 2018 15:35 GMT
6.4

550 km
118 km (73 mi)Flores Sea 536 reportsMore
Mar 25, 2018 20:14 GMT
6.5

181 km
25 km (16 mi)Banda Sea 45 reportsMore
Feb 26, 2018 13:34 GMT
6.0

21 km
238 km (148 mi)Ceram Sea 1 reportMore
Oct 31, 2017 11:50 GMT
6.3

16 km
238 km (148 mi)Seram, Indonesia 3 reportsMore
Oct 24, 2017 10:47 GMT
6.7

548 km
70 km (43 mi)Banda Sea 14 reportsMore
May 29, 2017 14:35 GMT
6.5

13 km
173 km (107 mi)Sulawesi, Indonesia 4 reportsMore
Dec 21, 2016 00:17 GMT
6.7

174 km
137 km (85 mi)Banda Sea 30 reportsMore
Dec 5, 2016 01:13 GMT
6.2

517 km
43 km (27 mi)Banda Sea More
Aug 23, 2016 19:39 GMT
6.0

531 km
99 km (62 mi)Flores Sea More
Jun 5, 2016 16:25 GMT
6.2

449 km
245 km (152 mi)Banda Sea More
Dec 9, 2015 10:21 GMT
6.8

12 km
62 km (39 mi)Banda Sea 4 reportsMore
Nov 21, 2015 09:06 GMT
6.0

96 km
107 km (66 mi)Tanimbar Islands Reg., Indonesia 5 reportsMore
Nov 4, 2015 03:44 GMT
6.5

17 km
97 km (60 mi)Timor Region 14 reportsMore
Sep 24, 2015 15:53 GMT
6.6

19 km
393 km (244 mi)Irian Jaya Region, Indonesia 3 reportsMore
May 12, 2015 07:22 GMT
6.2

145 km
66 km (41 mi)Banda Sea 9 reportsMore
Apr 1, 2015 09:35 GMT
6.0

10 km
287 km (178 mi)Tanimbar Islands Region, Indonesia More
Mar 15, 2015 23:17 GMT
6.0

29 km
91 km (57 mi)Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi 4 reportsMore
Feb 27, 2015 13:45 GMT
6.9

548 km
89 km (55 mi)Flores Sea 32 reportsMore
Dec 6, 2014 22:05 GMT
6.1

142 km
71 km (44 mi)Banda Sea 2 reportsMore
Aug 28, 2014 06:23 GMT
6.0

136 km
61 km (38 mi)Banda Sea More
Aug 6, 2014 11:45 GMT
6.1

10 km
65 km (40 mi)Banda Sea More
Friday, May 02, 2014 16:43:37 (May 2, 2014 08:43 GMT)
6.0

54 km
282 km (175 mi)70km SSE of Namlea, Indonesia More
Monday, February 03, 2014 22:36:41 (Feb 3, 2014 22:36 GMT)
6.1

18 km
64 km (40 mi)Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Sunday, December 01, 2013 10:24:13 (Dec 1, 2013 01:24 GMT)
6.4

10 km
38 km (24 mi)Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia 1 reportMore
Saturday, September 21, 2013 09:39:14 (Sep 21, 2013 01:39 GMT)
6.1

537 km
141 km (88 mi)119km NNW of Nggilat, Indonesia 1 reportMore
Sunday, September 01, 2013 20:52:32 (Sep 1, 2013 11:52 GMT)
6.5

132 km
64 km (40 mi)Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia 92 reportsMore
Monday, August 12, 2013 09:53:43 (Aug 12, 2013 00:53 GMT)
6.0

92 km
56 km (35 mi)189km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia 34 reportsMore
Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:16 (Dec 17, 2012 09:16 GMT)
6.1

19 km
174 km (108 mi)119km ENE of Luwuk, Indonesia More
Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:53 (Dec 10, 2012 16:53 GMT)
7.1

159 km
39 km (24 mi)227km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia 18 reportsMore
Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:31 (Oct 12, 2012 00:31 GMT)
6.7

25 km
421 km (262 mi)103km N of Dobo, Indonesia 1 reportMore
Mon, 8 Oct 2012 20:43 (Oct 8, 2012 11:43 GMT)
6.3

35 km
79 km (49 mi)112km SSE of Saparua, Indonesia More
Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:41 (Asia/Makassar) (Aug 18, 2012 09:41 GMT)
6.3

20 km
212 km (132 mi)56km SSE of Palu, Indonesia More
Nov 14, 2011 04:05 GMT
6.3

17 km
Molucca Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 30, 2011 06:57 GMT
6.9

470 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 16, 2011 11:03 GMT
6.1

26 km
Ceram Sea, Indonesia More
Apr 24, 2011 23:07 GMT
6.1

8 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Feb 15, 2011 13:33 GMT
6.1

16 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Dec 15, 2010 11:29 GMT
6.0

135 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Nov 3, 2010 11:18 GMT
6.0

10 km
near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Sep 29, 2010 17:11 GMT
7.0

26 km
near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Sep 29, 2010 17:10 GMT
6.2

10 km
near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Sep 26, 2010 12:12 GMT
6.0

30 km
Kepulauan Kai, Indonesia More
Apr 24, 2010 07:41 GMT
6.0

27 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Mar 14, 2010 00:57 GMT
6.4

53 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Feb 15, 2010 21:51 GMT
6.2

126 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Dec 26, 2009 08:57 GMT
6.1

85 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 24, 2009 14:40 GMT
6.9

130 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 28, 2009 01:51 GMT
6.9

642 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 2, 2009 08:54 GMT
6.1

20 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Jan 22, 2009 20:16 GMT
6.1

147 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Jan 6, 2009 22:48 GMT
6.0

16 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Jan 3, 2009 22:33 GMT
7.4

23 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Jan 3, 2009 19:43 GMT
7.7

17 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Dec 6, 2008 10:55 GMT
6.4

398 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Nov 7, 2008 16:04 GMT
6.2

10 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 4, 2008 20:45 GMT
6.3

174 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jun 6, 2008 13:42 GMT
6.0

122 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Jun 3, 2008 22:04 GMT
6.0

14 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Apr 19, 2008 10:21 GMT
6.0

10 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Apr 19, 2008 03:12 GMT
6.1

13 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Feb 13, 2008 19:58 GMT
6.2

19 km
Timor Sea (Indonesia) More
Jan 30, 2008 07:32 GMT
6.2

8 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Dec 15, 2007 09:39 GMT
6.4

57 km
Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia More
Dec 15, 2007 08:03 GMT
6.0

176 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Aug 17, 2007 03:04 GMT
6.4

10 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
May 29, 2007 09:36 GMT
6.1

24 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Feb 20, 2007 14:25 GMT
6.0

11 km
Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia More
Feb 20, 2007 08:04 GMT
6.7

12 km
Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia More
Jan 11, 2007 14:31 GMT
6.0

13 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Nov 14, 2006 14:21 GMT
6.1

345 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Sep 16, 2006 09:45 GMT
6.3

17 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Sep 9, 2006 04:13 GMT
6.3

572 km
Flores Sea (Indonesia) More
Jul 23, 2006 08:22 GMT
6.0

28 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Jun 24, 2006 21:15 GMT
6.3

26 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
May 22, 2006 20:53 GMT
6.1

2.8 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 14, 2006 06:57 GMT
6.7

30 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Jan 27, 2006 16:58 GMT
7.6

397 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jan 15, 2006 11:58 GMT
6.1

265 km
Flores Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 26, 2005 15:40 GMT
6.1

10 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 2, 2005 10:42 GMT
7.1

202 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Feb 19, 2005 00:04 GMT
6.5

10 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Jan 23, 2005 20:10 GMT
6.3

11 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Nov 11, 2004 22:49 GMT
6.4

10 km
Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia More
Nov 11, 2004 21:26 GMT
7.5

10 km
Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia More
Jul 28, 2004 03:56 GMT
6.5

13 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Jun 25, 2004 02:35 GMT
6.1

71 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jan 28, 2004 22:15 GMT
6.7

17 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Aug 28, 2003 06:38 GMT
6.0

409 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
May 11, 2003 17:51 GMT
6.1

30 km
Molucca Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 30, 2003 18:13 GMT
6.2

33 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Mar 25, 2003 02:53 GMT
6.5

33 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Mar 14, 2003 07:06 GMT
6.3

33 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Mar 9, 2003 10:36 GMT
6.0

46 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 10, 2002 21:19 GMT
6.0

10 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Oct 10, 2002 12:29 GMT
6.0

10 km
Papua, Indonesia More
Oct 10, 2002 12:28 GMT
6.7

10 km
Papua, Indonesia More
Sep 20, 2002 13:33 GMT
6.0

10 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Aug 15, 2002 05:30 GMT
6.2

10 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Mar 19, 2002 22:14 GMT
6.1

148 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Nov 20, 2001 21:08 GMT
6.2

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 19, 2001 03:28 GMT
7.5

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Sep 18, 2001 02:19 GMT
6.0

132 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Sep 11, 2001 14:56 GMT
6.5

33 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Jul 22, 2001 18:15 GMT
6.0

33 km
Kepulauan Kai, Indonesia More
May 28, 2001 08:37 GMT
6.0

33 km
Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia More
Apr 4, 2001 07:44 GMT
6.4

33 km
Kepulauan Kai, Indonesia More
Mar 19, 2001 05:52 GMT
6.5

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jan 29, 2001 23:21 GMT
6.2

33 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Sep 10, 2000 19:06 GMT
6.1

33 km
Papua region, Indonesia More
Aug 28, 2000 19:29 GMT
6.3

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 28, 2000 15:38 GMT
6.1

10 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Aug 28, 2000 15:05 GMT
6.8

16 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 7, 2000 14:33 GMT
6.5

649 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
May 14, 2000 20:08 GMT
6.3

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
May 4, 2000 04:21 GMT
7.6

26 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Mar 3, 2000 22:09 GMT
6.4

142 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Aug 12, 1999 05:44 GMT
6.2

33 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Dec 26, 1998 15:39 GMT
6.1

33 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Nov 29, 1998 14:10 GMT
7.7

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Nov 18, 1998 15:48 GMT
6.0

33 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Nov 9, 1998 05:38 GMT
7.0

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Nov 9, 1998 05:30 GMT
6.7

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Nov 8, 1998 07:25 GMT
6.4

33 km
Savu Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 10, 1998 16:32 GMT
6.0

33 km
Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Feb 19, 1998 14:14 GMT
6.5

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Nov 3, 1997 19:17 GMT
6.1

216 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Sep 26, 1997 15:48 GMT
6.0

254 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jul 31, 1997 21:54 GMT
6.0

59 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jun 24, 1997 23:04 GMT
6.4

33 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Jan 17, 1997 11:20 GMT
6.2

111 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Dec 30, 1996 19:41 GMT
6.0

33 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Aug 22, 1996 05:35 GMT
6.0

596 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jun 17, 1996 11:22 GMT
7.9

587 km
Flores Sea (Indonesia) More
Dec 25, 1995 04:43 GMT
7.1

142 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Dec 5, 1995 06:32 GMT
6.4

33 km
Timor region (Indonesia) More
Sep 18, 1995 06:56 GMT
6.0

181 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
May 14, 1995 11:33 GMT
6.9

11 km
East Timor region (Indonesia) More
Feb 13, 1995 15:04 GMT
6.7

14 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Feb 13, 1995 12:29 GMT
6.3

17 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Feb 13, 1995 08:43 GMT
6.3

14 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Oct 13, 1994 05:04 GMT
6.4

10.7 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Oct 8, 1994 21:44 GMT
6.8

17 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Aug 30, 1994 19:42 GMT
6.2

596 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 4, 1994 22:15 GMT
6.2

33 km
Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia More
Jul 13, 1994 11:45 GMT
6.5

159 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Dec 20, 1993 13:56 GMT
6.3

7.7 km
Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia More
Oct 5, 1993 05:09 GMT
6.6

13 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jan 20, 1993 17:31 GMT
6.4

33 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Dec 20, 1992 20:52 GMT
7.3

78 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Dec 12, 1992 06:38 GMT
6.1

21 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Dec 12, 1992 05:29 GMT
7.8

28 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Oct 18, 1992 13:08 GMT
6.2

119 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 2, 1992 12:03 GMT
6.6

486 km
Flores Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 2, 1992 05:50 GMT
6.3

19 km
Halmahera, Indonesia More
Jul 14, 1992 07:03 GMT
6.0

465 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
May 4, 1992 08:45 GMT
6.1

86 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Apr 7, 1992 03:37 GMT
6.0

53 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Dec 29, 1991 18:39 GMT
6.4

37 km
near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Nov 7, 1991 09:21 GMT
6.3

140 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Oct 15, 1991 16:18 GMT
6.2

137 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jul 4, 1991 11:43 GMT
6.9

29 km
Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia More
Jun 7, 1991 11:51 GMT
6.9

536 km
Flores Sea (Indonesia) More
May 21, 1991 11:00 GMT
6.6

18 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Dec 5, 1990 16:08 GMT
6.1

75 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Sep 23, 1990 20:33 GMT
6.5

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
May 24, 1990 20:09 GMT
7.1

589 km
Flores Sea (Indonesia) More
Dec 12, 1989 08:33 GMT
6.1

74 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jul 31, 1989 17:07 GMT
6.8

14 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Jul 14, 1989 20:42 GMT
6.7

9.8 km
East Timor region (Indonesia) More
Feb 28, 1989 13:48 GMT
6.2

196 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Jan 10, 1989 05:55 GMT
6.7

47 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Jul 25, 1988 06:46 GMT
7.0

28 km
Kepulauan Aru region, Indonesia More
May 30, 1988 21:11 GMT
6.9

86 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Feb 20, 1988 01:25 GMT
6.5

315 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Feb 6, 1988 15:15 GMT
6.2

39 km
Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia More
Nov 28, 1987 04:03 GMT
6.3

34 km
Molucca Sea (Indonesia) More
Nov 26, 1987 01:43 GMT
6.7

33 km
Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia More
Oct 3, 1987 10:16 GMT
6.4

74 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jun 17, 1987 01:32 GMT
7.1

67 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 17, 1986 07:32 GMT
6.4

67 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
May 27, 1986 08:54 GMT
6.0

628 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Apr 10, 1986 02:21 GMT
6.2

13 km
Molucca Sea (Indonesia) More
Jan 3, 1986 09:43 GMT
6.1

39 km
Molucca Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 25, 1985 18:12 GMT
6.0

596 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Apr 21, 1985 13:53 GMT
6.0

79 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 25, 1985 11:07 GMT
6.2

249 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 2, 1985 15:47 GMT
6.7

44 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Mar 1, 1985 17:11 GMT
6.4

17 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Feb 24, 1985 02:26 GMT
6.0

61 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Jan 21, 1985 00:55 GMT
6.9

33 km
Halmahera, Indonesia More
Sep 5, 1984 09:32 GMT
6.0

201 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Jun 6, 1984 05:38 GMT
6.2

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Feb 17, 1984 16:32 GMT
6.0

158 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Dec 12, 1983 09:26 GMT
6.4

137 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Nov 24, 1983 05:30 GMT
7.3

179 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Nov 20, 1983 20:32 GMT
6.1

59 km
Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia More
Aug 6, 1983 22:37 GMT
6.0

160 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jul 24, 1983 23:38 GMT
6.4

48 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Mar 12, 1983 01:36 GMT
6.7

17 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 12, 1983 00:53 GMT
6.0

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 7, 1982 07:15 GMT
6.2

515 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Jun 22, 1982 04:18 GMT
6.3

450 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Oct 17, 1981 06:44 GMT
6.1

179 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Jun 16, 1980 20:48 GMT
6.0

167 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
May 15, 1980 18:58 GMT
6.1

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Apr 3, 1978 09:48 GMT
6.2

33 km
near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Feb 21, 1978 07:14 GMT
6.3

510 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 27, 1977 07:12 GMT
6.8

25 km
East Timor region (Indonesia) More
Jun 29, 1977 07:24 GMT
6.0

58 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Jan 1, 1977 19:01 GMT
6.1

33 km
Ceram Sea, Indonesia More
Aug 21, 1976 06:56 GMT
6.0

120 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 3, 1976 22:50 GMT
6.0

30 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Jan 23, 1976 05:45 GMT
6.4

614 km
Flores Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 17, 1975 03:31 GMT
6.3

109 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Sep 29, 1975 14:36 GMT
6.1

23 km
Molucca Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 5, 1975 00:22 GMT
6.6

33 km
Ceram Sea, Indonesia More
Jan 14, 1975 19:48 GMT
6.5

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Dec 3, 1974 03:06 GMT
6.5

33 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 29, 1974 03:14 GMT
6.5

117 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 6, 1974 19:29 GMT
6.3

26 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jan 30, 1974 09:53 GMT
6.3

33 km
Kepulauan Aru region, Indonesia More
Apr 17, 1973 12:34 GMT
6.4

33 km
near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Nov 27, 1972 15:17 GMT
6.3

425 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Sep 24, 1972 20:09 GMT
6.8

35 km
Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia More
Sep 11, 1972 13:35 GMT
6.1

29 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Apr 4, 1972 22:43 GMT
6.8

390 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Sep 16, 1971 06:22 GMT
7.0

131 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jul 8, 1971 19:07 GMT
6.2

106 km
Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia More
May 7, 1971 00:21 GMT
6.0

27 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Jun 28, 1970 01:30 GMT
6.6

86 km
Timor region, Indonesia More
Aug 8, 1969 20:44 GMT
6.6

176 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 4, 1969 17:19 GMT
6.3

525 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
May 13, 1969 14:30 GMT
6.4

632 km
Flores Sea (Indonesia) More
Apr 13, 1969 23:33 GMT
6.4

168 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Feb 24, 1969 00:08 GMT
6.2

35 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Feb 11, 1969 22:16 GMT
7.2

431 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Feb 4, 1969 01:38 GMT
6.1

45 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Sep 27, 1968 03:58 GMT
6.0

151 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jun 7, 1968 21:30 GMT
6.2

38 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Jun 7, 1968 11:57 GMT
6.7

35 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Jan 26, 1968 04:45 GMT
6.8

31 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Jan 14, 1968 12:25 GMT
6.0

116 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Nov 9, 1967 02:18 GMT
6.2

584 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 12, 1967 18:31 GMT
6.0

88 km
Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia More
Jul 16, 1967 13:34 GMT
6.2

30 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Apr 21, 1967 08:14 GMT
6.2

10 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 19, 1967 01:10 GMT
6.2

98 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jun 22, 1966 20:29 GMT
7.0

532 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Apr 23, 1966 08:56 GMT
6.1

35 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Apr 23, 1966 00:09 GMT
6.5

20 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Feb 13, 1966 06:36 GMT
6.0

35 km
Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia More
Nov 21, 1965 10:31 GMT
6.5

133 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 18, 1965 21:50 GMT
6.3

25 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Aug 20, 1965 05:54 GMT
6.7

330 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
May 12, 1965 10:33 GMT
6.1

153 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Apr 27, 1965 10:54 GMT
6.0

30 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Apr 6, 1965 09:42 GMT
6.2

25 km
Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Mar 21, 1965 11:08 GMT
6.3

29 km
Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia More
Mar 19, 1965 16:20 GMT
6.0

40 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Jan 24, 1965 00:11 GMT
8.2

20 km
Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia More
Nov 25, 1964 09:24 GMT
6.0

618 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Oct 18, 1964 12:32 GMT
6.9

586 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 11, 1964 21:15 GMT
6.2

25 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Sep 4, 1964 10:34 GMT
6.1

35 km
Ceram Sea, Indonesia More
Jul 8, 1964 11:55 GMT
6.9

190 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jun 30, 1964 13:46 GMT
6.6

20 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Apr 23, 1964 03:32 GMT
6.4

15 km
Kepulauan Kai, Indonesia More
Mar 21, 1964 03:42 GMT
6.8

359 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Nov 4, 1963 01:17 GMT
8.1

65 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 15, 1963 21:45 GMT
6.0

25 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Jun 4, 1963 21:04 GMT
6.1

30 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Apr 30, 1963 00:58 GMT
6.3

60 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Apr 27, 1963 08:43 GMT
6.0

29 km
Halmahera, Indonesia More
Apr 16, 1963 01:55 GMT
7.1

30 km
Kepulauan Obi, Indonesia More
Apr 16, 1963 01:29 GMT
7.1

30 km
Halmahera, Indonesia More
Feb 14, 1963 07:04 GMT
6.6

220 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
May 15, 1962 05:23 GMT
7.1

30 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Nov 27, 1961 17:10 GMT
6.2

25 km
Halmahera, Indonesia More
Aug 11, 1961 22:37 GMT
6.0

20 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Mar 16, 1961 18:21 GMT
6.0

35 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Mar 16, 1961 13:45 GMT
6.5

45 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Oct 7, 1960 15:18 GMT
6.7

35 km
Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia More
Jun 15, 1960 23:27 GMT
6.1

20 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
May 11, 1960 18:36 GMT
6.2

35 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Feb 9, 1960 23:55 GMT
6.5

35 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Jan 23, 1960 17:56 GMT
6.2

35 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jan 23, 1960 07:31 GMT
6.2

25 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Jan 23, 1960 04:41 GMT
6.3

25 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Dec 2, 1959 09:34 GMT
6.4

25 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Sep 3, 1959 06:27 GMT
6.1

15 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Mar 2, 1959 09:13 GMT
6.1

35 km
East Timor region (Indonesia) More
Jan 20, 1959 16:46 GMT
6.0

35 km
East Timor region (Timor-Leste) More
Jul 19, 1958 18:16 GMT
6.5

45 km
Halmahera, Indonesia More
Sep 27, 1957 04:08 GMT
6.1

20 km
Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia More
Jul 17, 1956 07:34 GMT
6.8

451 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 21, 1955 23:09 GMT
6.4

35 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Sep 15, 1955 12:30 GMT
6.4

35 km
near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Jul 23, 1955 12:48 GMT
6.5

35 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Oct 14, 1954 01:35 GMT
6.3

35 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Oct 3, 1954 23:21 GMT
6.0

25 km
Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia More
Sep 20, 1954 00:39 GMT
6.0

50 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Jan 1, 1954 13:04 GMT
6.2

60 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Jun 26, 1953 05:42 GMT
6.8

25 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Jun 25, 1953 10:45 GMT
6.8

25 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Jun 10, 1953 18:23 GMT
6.0

50 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Apr 6, 1953 00:36 GMT
6.3

63 km
Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia More
Jul 13, 1952 17:34 GMT
6.5

25 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Jun 17, 1952 12:03 GMT
6.1

25 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Feb 14, 1952 03:38 GMT
7.0

25 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Jul 29, 1951 23:32 GMT
6.1

15 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
May 30, 1951 19:57 GMT
6.1

35 km
Ceram Sea, Indonesia More
Mar 9, 1951 19:44 GMT
6.7

35 km
Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia (Timor-Leste) More
Jan 15, 1951 10:32 GMT
6.3

15 km
near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Dec 18, 1950 15:44 GMT
6.3

35 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Nov 2, 1950 15:28 GMT
7.7

200 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Oct 8, 1950 03:23 GMT
7.3

20 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 30, 1950 06:51 GMT
6.1

20 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Apr 23, 1949 11:15 GMT
6.4

20 km
Flores Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 1, 1948 01:12 GMT
7.1

15 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Jun 15, 1946 18:29 GMT
6.4

15 km
Ceram Sea, Indonesia More
Apr 27, 1944 14:38 GMT
7.6

15 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Apr 26, 1944 01:54 GMT
6.8

15 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Mar 31, 1944 02:51 GMT
6.4

65 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Nov 6, 1943 08:31 GMT
7.7

15 km
Kepulauan Aru region, Indonesia More
Jul 29, 1942 22:49 GMT
6.7

35 km
Ceram Sea, Indonesia More
Sep 12, 1941 07:02 GMT
6.6

25 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Dec 4, 1940 13:05 GMT
6.3

35 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Oct 20, 1938 02:19 GMT
7.3

90 km
Savu Sea (Indonesia) More
Jun 9, 1938 19:15 GMT
6.9

15 km
Buru, Indonesia More
Feb 1, 1938 19:04 GMT
8.5

25 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Apr 5, 1937 06:56 GMT
6.8

15 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Oct 19, 1936 12:04 GMT
6.5

15 km
Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia More
May 19, 1936 20:50 GMT
6.4

70 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Feb 15, 1936 12:46 GMT
7.1

15 km
near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Dec 29, 1935 23:37 GMT
6.4

25 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Jul 30, 1935 05:44 GMT
6.2

60 km
Sumba region, Indonesia More
Jul 19, 1934 01:27 GMT
6.9

15 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Feb 4, 1934 22:01 GMT
6.3

25 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Sep 9, 1932 13:39 GMT
6.4

25 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Mar 26, 1932 09:52 GMT
6.6

35 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Nov 9, 1930 19:08 GMT
7.0

25 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Mar 30, 1930 15:19 GMT
6.5

10 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Mar 26, 1930 07:12 GMT
7.0

10 km
Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia More
Dec 7, 1928 09:14 GMT
7.0

15 km
near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Nov 28, 1928 10:43 GMT
6.9

20 km
Flores region, Indonesia More
Dec 1, 1927 04:37 GMT
6.3

20 km
Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Aug 10, 1927 11:36 GMT
7.1

15 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Jun 3, 1927 07:12 GMT
7.5

35 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Mar 3, 1927 01:05 GMT
7.1

15 km
Flores Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 3, 1926 10:32 GMT
6.7

15 km
Ceram Sea, Indonesia More
Dec 29, 1925 16:04 GMT
6.5

25 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Nov 10, 1925 13:50 GMT
7.3

15 km
Papua region, Indonesia More
Jul 29, 1924 05:18 GMT
6.5

35 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
May 17, 1924 05:16 GMT
6.3

15 km
Papua, Indonesia More
Feb 13, 1924 22:50 GMT
6.6

35 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Oct 7, 1923 03:29 GMT
7.4

15 km
Papua region, Indonesia More
Feb 23, 1923 05:52 GMT
6.5

35 km
Sulawesi, Indonesia More
Feb 19, 1921 14:33 GMT
6.3

15 km
near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia More
Jun 9, 1920 11:30 GMT
6.8

15 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
Aug 29, 1919 05:44 GMT
6.9

15 km
Seram, Indonesia More
Nov 23, 1918 22:57 GMT
6.9

15 km
Banda Sea (Indonesia) More
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The last earthquake in or around the Banda Sea occurred 5 weeks ago: Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - Banda Sea, 130 km southwest of Tual, Maluku, Indonesia, on Friday, Feb 17, 2023 at 7:07 pm (GMT +9:30).

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Since 1900, Banda Sea, Indonesia had 382 quakes up to magnitude 8.5.

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The strongest earthquake in or around the Banda Sea since 1900 occurred 85 years ago: Major magnitude 8.5 earthquake - 42 km southwest of Pulau Uran Island, Maluku, Indonesia, on Tuesday, February 1, 1938 at 19:04 GMT.

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