M4.4 earthquake 239 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 239 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste on Thu, Nov 28, 1985, 2:34 AM GMT+8 (18:34 UTC), 189 km (118 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-27 18:34:21 UTC
- Depth
- 189.4 km (117.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.487° S, 128.906° 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
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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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia · 14910 days ago · 73 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4248 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.6272 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste · 14884 days ago · 173 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.1Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia · 14874 days ago · 128 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002n9w. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:58 AM UTC.