M3.7 earthquake 250 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 250 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Tue, Oct 30, 1979, 7:18 AM GMT+8 (23:18 UTC), 151 km (94 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 160 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-10-29 23:18:51 UTC
- Depth
- 151.0 km (93.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.677° S, 129.106° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8160 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17128 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.6265 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17128 days ago · 145 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.9228 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17086 days ago · 170 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 5.0286 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17132 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17144 days ago · 116 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7Banda Sea · 17152 days ago · 161 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.6188 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17155 days ago · 144 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17157 days ago · 134 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00013s8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 1:12 PM UTC.