M4.9 earthquake 236 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 236 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Thu, Jan 20, 1983, 6:02 PM GMT+8 (10:02 UTC), 160 km (99 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 252 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
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-01-20 10:02:47 UTC
- Depth
- 159.8 km (99.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.542° S, 128.904° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Banda Sea · 15960 days ago · 215 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 15955 days ago · 169 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.2230 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15951 days ago · 175 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.8275 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15944 days ago · 182 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1170 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15937 days ago · 242 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.8188 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15934 days ago · 166 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4157 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15926 days ago · 164 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.4295 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15915 days ago · 186 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.6252 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15902 days ago · 151 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001se0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.