Timor Leste earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 286 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 286 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Sun, Oct 28, 1979, 1:53 AM GMT+8 (17:53 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1979-10-27 17:53:19 UTC
Depth
121.0 km (75.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
7.333° S, 129.306° E
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
22

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17132 days ago · 136 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 3.7250 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17130 days ago · 151 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.6265 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17128 days ago · 145 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.9228 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17085 days ago · 170 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 5.8Banda Sea · 17073 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 5.6Banda Sea · 17073 days ago · 209 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17144 days ago · 116 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.7Banda Sea · 17152 days ago · 161 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17157 days ago · 134 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 3.4Banda Sea · 17159 days ago · 200 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00013r4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC.