M4.8 earthquake 288 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 288 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Mon, May 20, 1985, 2:44 AM GMT+8 (18:44 UTC), 138 km (86 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-19 18:44:39 UTC
- Depth
- 138.4 km (86.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.306° S, 129.314° 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 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0Banda Sea · 15108 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia · 15106 days ago · 170 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3219 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15082 days ago · 144 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.8Banda Sea · 15074 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15068 days ago · 93 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.7Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15056 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.4270 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15114 days ago · 119 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.2275 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15119 days ago · 112 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 15125 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.0Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia · 15129 days ago · 173 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002ezv. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:06 PM UTC.