M5.2 earthquake 238 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 238 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Mon, Jan 2, 1978, 1:19 PM GMT+8 (05:19 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-01-02 05:19:49 UTC
- Depth
- 78.0 km (48.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.262° S, 128.757° 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
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6286 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17786 days ago · 111 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.6Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17777 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.2272 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17758 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.6266 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17754 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 5.3294 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17808 days ago · 179 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.4227 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17812 days ago · 106 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.6298 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17828 days ago · 141 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.2280 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17830 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.8171 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17833 days ago · 132 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000sb0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC.