A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Same in Timor Leste. Exact location of earthquake, 125.715° East, -9.1045° South, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000pzqw. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pzqw. Global time and date of event 16/05/25 / 2025-05-16 21:48:42 / May 16, 2025 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:48:42 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Dili (c. 150 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Same (c. 25 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Liquica (c. 19 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atambua, Venilale, Maubara (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 13 km SSE of Same, Timor Leste.
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