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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Likisá in Timor Leste


Earthquake location -7.0257S, 125.0168WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 176 km NNW of Likisá, Timor Leste (109 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000q1jp. Event ids that are associated: us7000q1jp. The epicenter was at a depth of 549.578 km (341 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.0168 East, latitude -7.0257 South, depth = 549.578 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/25 / 2025-05-10 03:36:36 / May 10, 2025 @ 3:36 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:36:36 / 3:36 am (local time epicenter).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 176 km NNW of Likisá, Timor Leste.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.0168° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.0257° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 549.578 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 176 km NNW of Likisá, 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 2025-05-10 03:36:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-26 22:02:32 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 284 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.811 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us7000q1jp Id of event.
Event Code 7000q1jp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q1jp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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