A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste. Exact location of event, depth 117.179 km, 123.9368° East, -9.1237° South. The temblor was detected at 15:21:20 / 3:21 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 15:21:20 / May 31, 2025 @ 3:21 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000qh3a. Event ids that are associated: us6000qh3a. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 117.179 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 49 km W of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.
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