Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 109 km depth17 Mar 22:04 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 7 minutes.17 Mar 22:04: Now using data updates from BMKGI didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeMar 17, 2026 21:56:40 UTC - Local time at epicenterWednesday, Mar 18, 2026, at 06:56 am (GMT +9)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude3.9Depth109 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude5.97°S / 130.72°EIndonesiaSeismic antipode5.97°N / 49.28°WBrazilShaking intensityII Very weak shakingFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Nearest volcanoManuk (68 km / 42 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeLight Rain 27.7°C (82 F), humidity: 79%, wind: 5 m/s (10 kts) from WEstimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy9 minutes agoMar 17, 2026 21:56 GMT / Mar 18, 2026 06:56 am (GMT +9)Lat / Lng: -5.97 / 130.72: Indonesia: Banda SeaSource: BMKGOther sources: RaspberryShake: 3.9 / 109 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22818353',-5.97000,130.72000,'9 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, Indonesia: Banda Sea',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in BaliNearby placesThe closest larger town near the epicenter is Tual, a town with 90,000 inhabitants in Indonesia, in 228 km (142 mi) distance to the east, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry228 km (142 mi)E of epicenterTual(pop: 90,000)I: Not feltMalukuIndonesia233 km (145 mi)S of epicenterSaumlaki(pop: 13,800)I: Not feltKabupaten Maluku Tenggara Barat, MalukuIndonesia353 km (219 mi)NE of epicenterMas(pop: 320)I: Not feltIndonesiaNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-03-17EpicenterAgency3.9109 km68 mi21:56:40Banda SeaBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)3.9109 km68 mi21:56:40Banda Sea0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with BMKGRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 125 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.05 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 20.8 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.36 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.8 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 7.6 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 102 quakes per year (or 8.5 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 124 quakes per year (or 10.3 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 126 quakes per year (or 10.5 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 6 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 20 to 25 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake