M4.5 earthquake 230 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 230 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Sat, Dec 12, 1981, 12:52 AM GMT+8 (16:52 UTC), 293 km (182 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 275 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-12-11 16:52:19 UTC
- Depth
- 292.9 km (182.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.022° S, 128.444° 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3275 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16348 days ago · 157 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.8204 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16326 days ago · 144 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 4.8146 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16367 days ago · 128 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.7233 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16373 days ago · 133 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.3169 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16375 days ago · 272 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5294 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16384 days ago · 194 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.4153 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16391 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001hc4. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC.