M4.5 earthquake 245 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 245 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Tue, May 21, 1985, 5:31 PM GMT+8 (09:31 UTC), 282 km (175 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 207 km NE 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-21 09:31:12 UTC
- Depth
- 281.5 km (174.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.830° S, 128.439° 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia · 15098 days ago · 170 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.4207 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15083 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3219 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15074 days ago · 144 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4186 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15053 days ago · 176 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.4270 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15106 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.2275 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15111 days ago · 112 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.3166 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 15121 days ago · 179 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.0Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia · 15121 days ago · 173 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002f1n. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC.