M5.6 earthquake 266 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 266 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Tue, Feb 21, 1978, 7:51 AM GMT+8 (23:51 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-02-20 23:51:48 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.040° S, 128.901° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17723 days ago · 157 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Banda Sea · 17712 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.4279 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17711 days ago · 143 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000t2p (also filed as gcmtb022078b, gcmt19780220235148, iscgem686786). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:13 AM UTC.