M4.2 earthquake 298 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 298 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Sun, Oct 27, 1985, 11:21 PM GMT+8 (15:21 UTC), 221 km (137 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-10-27 15:21:31 UTC
- Depth
- 220.6 km (137.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.402° S, 129.465° 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14936 days ago · 116 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.7265 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14933 days ago · 124 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.2296 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14926 days ago · 160 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.8Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia · 14912 days ago · 154 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4239 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14909 days ago · 189 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.9Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia · 14900 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002m69. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC.