M5.8 earthquake 248 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 248 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Thu, Jun 15, 1978, 9:30 PM GMT+8 (13:30 UTC), 155 km (96 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-06-15 13:30:45 UTC
- Depth
- 155.0 km (96.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.293° S, 128.884° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 228
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6176 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17624 days ago · 162 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.0223 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17589 days ago · 154 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.1Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17572 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000v2d (also filed as gcmtb061578a, gcmt19780615133045, iscgem680916). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC.