M4.7 earthquake 245 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 245 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Sat, Mar 9, 1985, 2:50 AM GMT+8 (18:50 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 268 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-08 18:50:42 UTC
- Depth
- 87.0 km (54.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.790° S, 129.098° 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 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0268 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15156 days ago · 155 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.0Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia · 15128 days ago · 173 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15124 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002ckj. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.