M4.7 earthquake 289 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 289 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Sun, Nov 25, 1984, 3:06 PM GMT+8 (07:06 UTC), 295 km (183 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-11-25 07:06:48 UTC
- Depth
- 294.6 km (183.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.509° S, 128.679° 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 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15285 days ago · 179 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2276 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15279 days ago · 241 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3266 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15261 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3256 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15252 days ago · 130 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4244 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15251 days ago · 220 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.9281 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15250 days ago · 182 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.5290 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15292 days ago · 332 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.5218 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15302 days ago · 155 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4268 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15308 days ago · 329 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.0208 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15311 days ago · 149 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00029em. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC.