A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste. Unique identifier: us6000r3l8. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r3l8. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.269 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.0324 East, latitude -8.9389 South, depth = 107.269 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/08/25 / 2025-08-25 06:53:18 / August 25, 2025 @ 6:53 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 06:53:18 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 quakes in the world. 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-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 48 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.
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