A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:45:31 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 124.2139 East, latitude -9.0374 South, depth = 96.707 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.707 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qzqi. Unique identifier: us6000qzqi. Global time and date of event 11/08/25 / 2025-08-11 01:45:31 / August 11, 2025 @ 1:45 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Soe, Atambua, Kefamenanu. Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 26 km (16 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 25 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.
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