M4.5 earthquake 261 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 261 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Mon, Sep 20, 1982, 3:54 PM GMT+8 (07:54 UTC), 132 km (82 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-09-20 07:54:15 UTC
- Depth
- 131.8 km (81.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.393° S, 129.080° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16076 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1296 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16066 days ago · 191 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16061 days ago · 155 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16058 days ago · 164 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.6189 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16046 days ago · 195 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.0Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16035 days ago · 139 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.8276 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16033 days ago · 143 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.6264 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 16030 days ago · 139 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16029 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 16027 days ago · 165 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001pq7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:31 PM UTC.