M5.0 earthquake 257 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 257 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Tue, Aug 24, 1982, 4:21 PM GMT+8 (08:21 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia. 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-24 08:21:45 UTC
- Depth
- 124.2 km (77.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.461° S, 129.075° 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 2.0 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16094 days ago · 124 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5261 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16081 days ago · 132 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.9175 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16076 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16076 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1296 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16066 days ago · 191 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16061 days ago · 155 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16058 days ago · 164 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001p7r. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:07 AM UTC.