M4.7 earthquake 179 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 179 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Sat, Apr 3, 1982, 7:08 PM GMT+8 (11:08 UTC), 178 km (111 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 183 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-04-03 11:08:02 UTC
- Depth
- 177.9 km (110.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.788° S, 128.456° 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 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4164 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16249 days ago · 177 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.4213 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16236 days ago · 152 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.7183 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16210 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.0242 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16203 days ago · 158 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001kh4. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC.