M4.2 earthquake 229 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 229 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Tue, May 19, 1981, 3:10 PM GMT+8 (07:10 UTC), 165 km (103 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 249 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-05-19 07:10:03 UTC
- Depth
- 165.2 km (102.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.453° S, 128.785° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3206 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16565 days ago · 151 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16565 days ago · 161 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16562 days ago · 101 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16545 days ago · 158 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9160 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16536 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.0249 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16532 days ago · 175 km deep · 20 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001drt. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC.