Timor Leste earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 275 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 275 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Sun, Dec 30, 1979, 10:15 AM GMT+8 (02:15 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1979-12-30 02:15:32 UTC
Depth
131.0 km (81.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
7.357° S, 129.212° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6240 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17067 days ago · 185 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 5.2Banda Sea · 17062 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 5.4207 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17061 days ago · 177 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 5.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17047 days ago · 110 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.7258 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17032 days ago · 113 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 3.9263 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17026 days ago · 246 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 5.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 17013 days ago · 91 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 5.6Banda Sea · 17073 days ago · 209 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 5.8Banda Sea · 17073 days ago · 131 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.9228 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 17085 days ago · 170 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00014sd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:11 AM UTC.