M4.2 earthquake 284 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 284 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Wed, Jun 29, 1983, 8:51 PM GMT+8 (12:51 UTC), 189 km (118 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-06-29 12:51:38 UTC
- Depth
- 189.4 km (117.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.929° S, 129.018° 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
- 4.5Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15779 days ago · 159 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.9Banda Sea · 15777 days ago · 165 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6261 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15776 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2243 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15776 days ago · 141 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2283 km S of Ambon, Indonesia · 15774 days ago · 327 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.5297 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15774 days ago · 149 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.0Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15773 days ago · 103 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 15771 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.0293 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15769 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.6Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15746 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001wfg. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.