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
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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% |
| Containers | 1 | 0% |
| Volcanic | 1 | 0% |
| Other | 1 | 0% |
| Piracy | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 388 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 2654/21 · Incidents2021-09-17 → 2021-09-24Vessel km hentri, 32 persons on board, suffered fire in 06-18-32S 132-17-17E on 03 sep
- HYDROPAC 2496/21 · Derelicts2021-09-03 → 2021-09-09Vessel km rahman, disabled due to engine failure in vicinity 07-28-55S 126-19-34E at 030148Z sep
- USGS-US6000EP7F · Quakes2021-06-24 → 2021-06-27250 km s of ambon, indonesia
- USGS-US7000EDF6 · Quakes2021-06-16 → 2021-06-1971 km ese of amahai, indonesia
- USGS-US6000DYSL · Quakes2021-04-03 → 2021-04-06158 km s of ambon, indonesia
- USGS-US7000C8VA · Quakes2020-11-01 → 2020-11-04294 km ene of lospalos, timor leste
- USGS-US7000BPBX · Quakes2020-09-17 → 2020-09-20Earthquake magnitude 5.5 (mww) in 6.760S 129.366E, depth 185 km at 171032Z sep 20
- USGS-US7000BJGB · Quakes2020-09-08 → 2020-09-11193 km sse of amahai, indonesia
- HYDROPAC 2470/20 · Surveys2020-08-24 → 2020-09-16Survey operations 25 aug to 15 sep by M/V elsa regent towing a six mile long cable in area bound by 07-36.2S…
- USGS-US6000BI4P · Quakes2020-08-21 → 2020-08-24222 km sse of katabu, indonesia
- HYDROPAC 2087/20 · Incidents2020-07-14 → 2020-07-1512 meter M/V ruslan, four persons on board, unreported after taking on water in vicinity 04-33.6S 129-39.2E…
- USGS-US6000A89S · Quakes2020-06-09 → 2020-06-12212 km wsw of ambon, indonesia
- HYDROPAC 1648/20 · Incidents2020-06-02 → 2020-06-19M/V 2 putri, seven persons on board, sinking in vicinity 05-00S 124-00E
- HYDROPAC 1647/20 · Incidents2020-06-02 → 2020-06-09Vessel unreported, ten persons on board last known position in 05-22.01S 131-47.66E
- USGS-US70009DVH · Quakes2020-05-11 → 2020-05-14Earthquake magnitude 5.7 (mww) in 6.061S 129.911E, depth 10 km at 110106Z may 20
- HYDROPAC 1391/20 · Incidents2020-05-08 → 2020-05-15Vessel, three persons on board, sank in 04-20-00S 128-54-40E
- USGS-US70009B14 · Quakes2020-05-06 → 2020-05-09Earthquake magnitude 6.8 (mww) in 6.776S 129.785E, depth 96 km at 061353Z may 20
- USGS-US70008L5G · Quakes2020-04-02 → 2020-04-0565 km n of metinaro, timor leste
- HYDROPAC 872/20 · Incidents2020-03-16 → 2020-03-16Vessel, 26 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to steering failure in vicinity 04-00S 123-00E
- USGS-US600084GU · Quakes2020-02-26 → 2020-02-29273 km sw of tual, indonesia
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.