M4.8 earthquake 184 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 184 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste on Wed, Mar 13, 1985, 2:02 AM GMT+8 (18:02 UTC), 279 km (173 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 119 km NW of Pante Makasar, 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-12 18:02:08 UTC
- Depth
- 278.7 km (173.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.691° S, 123.662° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7121 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste · 15164 days ago · 181 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.0119 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste · 15149 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7196 km NE of Maumere, Indonesia · 15141 days ago · 600 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002csr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.