Banda Sea
IHO sea area 48g · 120° to 133° E, -9° to -1° N
- in force
- 0
- last 12 months
- 10
- archive messages
- 388
- categories
- 9
What the archive shows
388 messages are recorded since 1997-03-04 for the Banda Sea. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Quakes accounts for 304 of 388 recorded messages (78%), the largest category group in this selection.
The NGA historical archive froze in 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. Counts around that gap are incomplete, and changes in reporting volume do not establish changes in incident frequency.
In force now · 0
Nothing in force in this sea right now.
By year
By month (all years)
By category · available archive
| Quakes | 304 | 78% |
| Incidents | 54 | 14% |
| Cable ops | 14 | 4% |
| Derelicts | 9 | 2% |
| Surveys | 3 | 1% |
| Volcanic | 1 | 0% |
| Other | 1 | 0% |
| Piracy | 1 | 0% |
| Containers | 1 | 0% |
Ports on this sea · 8
Busiest first by annual vessel calls (IMF PortWatch); each port page shows the warnings within 60 nm, its World Port Index profile and monthly port calls.
- Ambon, Molucas · Indonesia35 archived
- Kendari · Indonesia18 archived
- Baubau · Indonesia9 archived
- Tual · Indonesia13 archived
- Luwuk · Indonesia33 archived
- Dili · Timor-Leste20 archived
- Donggi Senoro LNG Terminal · Indonesia21 archived
- Hera port · Timor-Leste19 archived
Archive · 388 cancelled
- USGS-US7000TGL2 · Quakes2026-09-11 → 2026-09-14A magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurs 253 km east-northeast of Lospalos, Timor Leste, at depth 112 km on 26 September at 1156 UTC.
- USGS-US6000TN41 · Quakes2026-08-24 → 2026-08-27211 km nne of lospalos, timor leste
- USGS-US6000TN33 · Quakes2026-08-24 → 2026-08-27207 km sse of amahai, indonesia
- USGS-US6000T8NF · Quakes2026-06-27 → 2026-06-30193 km n of metinaro, timor leste
- USGS-US6000SXQF · Quakes2026-05-14 → 2026-05-17268 km wsw of tual, indonesia
- USGS-US7000S8EC · Quakes2026-03-28 → 2026-03-31146 km ne of lospalos, timor leste
- USGS-US6000S711 · Quakes2026-02-06 → 2026-02-09Earthquake magnitude 5.7 (mww) in 7.689S 130.151E, depth 24 km at 062120Z feb 26
- USGS-US6000RPAI · Quakes2025-11-20 → 2025-11-2324 km e of ambon, indonesia
- USGS-US6000RJX3 · Quakes2025-10-28 → 2025-10-31Earthquake magnitude 6.4 (mww) in 6.700S 129.989E, depth 142 km at 281440Z oct 25
- USGS-US6000RIUJ · Quakes2025-10-23 → 2025-10-26213 km wsw of tual, indonesia
- USGS-US6000RDZ7 · Quakes2025-10-01 → 2025-10-04199 km ne of lospalos, timor leste
- USGS-US7000QCIK · Quakes2025-07-14 → 2025-07-17180 km wsw of tual, indonesia
- USGS-US7000PZAA · Quakes2025-05-15 → 2025-05-18152 km nnw of baukau, timor leste
- USGS-US7000PP7N · Quakes2025-04-01 → 2025-04-04207 km ne of lospalos, timor leste
- USGS-US6000PW69 · Quakes2025-02-28 → 2025-03-03236 km w of tual, indonesia
- USGS-US7000NZ8F · Quakes2024-12-16 → 2024-12-1968 km se of amahai, indonesia
- USGS-US7000NHEX · Quakes2024-10-01 → 2024-10-04260 km ese of baubau, indonesia
- USGS-US6000NMZD · Quakes2024-08-27 → 2024-08-30Earthquake magnitude 5.8 (mww) in 7.157S 129.446E, depth 78 km at 270215Z aug 24
- USGS-US6000NFW2 · Quakes2024-07-25 → 2024-07-28225 km ne of lospalos, timor leste
- HYDROPAC 1402/24 · Derelicts2024-04-29 → 2024-05-02Derelict M/V da hao adrift in 06-25.91S 125-27.10E on 29 apr
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.