M4.4 earthquake 295 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 295 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Wed, Mar 6, 1985, 3:18 AM GMT+8 (19:18 UTC), 174 km (108 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Banda Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-05 19:18:46 UTC
- Depth
- 173.8 km (108.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.974° S, 129.183° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Banda Sea · 15176 days ago · 192 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.7245 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15173 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9Banda Sea · 15169 days ago · 170 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 15162 days ago · 207 km deep · 55 km away
- 6.2Banda Sea · 15156 days ago · 249 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.0268 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15150 days ago · 155 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.8Banda Sea · 15147 days ago · 145 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.0Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia · 15121 days ago · 173 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15117 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002cg6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.