M5.4 earthquake 47 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 47 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste on Mon, Aug 2, 1982, 6:49 PM GMT+8 (10:49 UTC), 92 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 64 km NW of Pante Makasar, 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
- 5.4 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-02 10:49:31 UTC
- Depth
- 92.3 km (57.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 8.959° S, 124.022° E
- Region
- Timor Leste
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · 14 stations |
| 5.21 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME B080282A DATA USED: GDSN L.P. BODY WAVES: 9S, 19C, T=45 CENTROID LOCATION: ORIGIN TIME 10:49:10.4 1.8 LAT 7.99S 0.24;LON 124.23E 0.18 DEP 34.8 9.6;HALF-DURATION 1.5 MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**23 D-CM MRR=-4.99 1.38; MTT=-1.59 1.68 MFF=6.58 1.64; MRT=-2.24 1.93 MRF=-4.37 2.20; MTF=-2.75 1.52 PRINCIPAL AXES: 1.(T) VAL=8.43;PLG=16;AZM=78 2.(N) -0.50; 29; 177 3.(P) -7.93; 56; 323 BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=8.2*10**23 NP1:STRIKE=134;DIP=38;SLIP=-140 NP2:Strike=11;Dip=67;Slip=-58
From the USGS event page for usp0001nt4. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
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Nearest places
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Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001nt4 (also filed as gcmtb080282a, gcmt19820802104925, iscgem592993). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:28 AM UTC.