A moderate tremor registered a magnitude of 5.10 centered beneath the remote Banda Sea basin. The seismic event was recorded on January 25, 2026, at 06:22:32 UTC.
Monitoring data places the epicenter location near 6.00° South latitude and 129.00° East longitude. Preliminary analysis suggests the event originated at a shallow focal depth, estimated at 10 kilometers beneath the seabed, characteristic of tectonic activity along this complex oceanic plate boundary.
Conditions in the vicinity of the epicenter at the time of the occurrence were warm, with the atmosphere exhibiting broken clouds and a registered temperature of 28.6°C. Light easterly winds were present across the marine zone affected by the tremor.
Data regarding magnitude and coordinates may be subject to updates.
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