M4.8 earthquake 255 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 255 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Sun, Sep 1, 1974, 2:11 PM GMT+9 (05:11 UTC), 176 km (109 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1974-09-01 05:11:30 UTC
- Depth
- 176.0 km (109.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.320° S, 128.974° E
- Region
- Timor Leste
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.6202 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 19019 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 19007 days ago · 156 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.3201 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 18984 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 18976 days ago · 143 km deep · 98 km away
- 6.5Banda Sea · 18966 days ago · 117 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00007w2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:04 PM UTC.