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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Pante Makasar in Timor Leste


Earthquake location -7.7542S, 123.9539WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 166 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste (103 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 277.844 km (173 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pvwt. Id of event: us7000pvwt. Global time and date of event 14/04/25 / 2025-04-14 11:57:42 / April 14, 2025 @ 11:57 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:57:42 / 11:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 123.9539° East, latitude -7.7542° South, depth = 277.844 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 166 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.9539° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.7542° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 277.844 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 166 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-14 11:57:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-06 13:34:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.911 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pvwt Id of event.
Event Code 7000pvwt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pvwt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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