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Timor Leste earthquakes in 1968

3 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Timor Leste in 1968. The largest: M6.0 291 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste, Sep 27, 1968.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

19671969

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Where every quake of 1968 was located in Timor Leste. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1968

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 196816.0144 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
February 19680
March 19680
April 19680
May 19680
June 19680
July 196815.922 km W of Maubara, Timor Leste
August 19680
September 196816.0291 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
October 19680
November 19680
December 19680

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Timor Leste nowWorldwide in 1968

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.