Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag has occurred near Pante Makasar in Timor Leste

A earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 95.551 km (59 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:04:27 / 5:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/10/25 / 2025-10-26 17:04:27 / October 26, 2025 @ 5:04 pm. Event id: us6000rjkv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rjkv. Exact location of event, depth 95.551 km, 123.9517° East, -9.0988° South.

Event epicenter was 125 km (78 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kupang, Atambua, Soe.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 48 km WNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	123.9517° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-9.0988° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	95.551 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	48 km WNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-26 17:04:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-26 17:22:19	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	591	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	101	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.723	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	19	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rjkv	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rjkv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rjkv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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