Timor Leste earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 275 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 275 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Sun, Dec 27, 1981, 5:50 AM GMT+8 (21:50 UTC), 157 km (97 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.3 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1981-12-26 21:50:44 UTC
Depth
156.5 km (97.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
7.236° S, 129.135° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8204 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16324 days ago · 144 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.4Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16312 days ago · 163 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.8Banda Sea · 16312 days ago · 144 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16359 days ago · 217 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.6Banda Sea · 16362 days ago · 175 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.5230 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16362 days ago · 293 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 5.7233 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16371 days ago · 133 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001hpd (also filed as iscgem607797). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC.