July 14, 1989 Earthquake: Alor, Timor, Indonesia
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Alor, Timor, Indonesia on July 14, 1989 at 20:42:40 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- July 14, 1989
- Time
- 20:42:40 UTC
- Place
- Alor, Timor, Indonesia
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 8.081° S, 125.129° E
- Country
- Indonesia
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 18, 1896, Alor Island, Timor, Indonesia
- November 26, 1987, Pantar, Mount Sirung, Timor, Indonesia
- November 11, 2004, Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia
- July 4, 1991, Kalabahi, Dili, Timor, Indonesia
- May 14, 1995, Timor, Dili, Maliana, Maubara, Indonesia
- November 4, 2015, Alor, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
- October 5, 1891, Timor Sea, Indonesia
- March 22, 1944, Flores, Indonesia
More
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 5206.