Timor Leste earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 230 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 230 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Mon, Jan 31, 1983, 1:32 PM GMT+8 (05:32 UTC), 175 km (109 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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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Jan 31, 1983, 1:32 PM GMT+8
UTC: 1983-01-31 05:32:20 UTC
Depth: 175.0 km (108.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 7.344° S, 128.724° 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
5.2	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 20 stations
5.14	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.1	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001srn (also filed as gcmtb013183b, gcmt19830131053220, iscgem586127). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC.