A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/25 / 2025-06-21 08:18:27 / June 21, 2025 @ 8:18 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qlla. Id of event: us6000qlla. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.832 km (66 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:18:27 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 106.832 km, 124.1684° East, -8.9944° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atambua, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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