M5.8 earthquake 274 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 274 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Tue, Oct 14, 1975, 11:53 PM GMT+9 (14:53 UTC), 167 km (104 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 222 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-10-14 14:53:06 UTC
- Depth
- 167.0 km (103.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.061° S, 129.016° E
- Region
- Timor Leste
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.52 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 75
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.3222 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 18615 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4209 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 18597 days ago · 170 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.8198 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 18590 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.7277 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 18589 days ago · 143 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.3295 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 18584 days ago · 136 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000d4y (also filed as iscgem722913). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC.