M4.7 earthquake 68 km SSE of Suai, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 68 km SSE of Suai, Timor Leste on Tue, Mar 28, 1978, 5:07 AM GMT+8 (21:07 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 21 km S of Atambua, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-03-27 21:07:09 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.896° S, 125.479° 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
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000tt1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:20 AM UTC.