Timor Leste earthquakes

M5.7 earthquake 233 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 233 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Wed, Dec 2, 1981, 1:17 PM GMT+8 (05:17 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.7 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1981-12-02 05:17:20 UTC
Depth
132.8 km (82.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
7.413° S, 128.801° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8146 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16368 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.5230 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16364 days ago · 293 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16361 days ago · 217 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 5.3275 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16349 days ago · 157 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.8204 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16327 days ago · 144 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 4.5294 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16385 days ago · 194 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 5.4153 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16392 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001h7s (also filed as gcmtb120281a, gcmt19811202051720, iscgem606623). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC.