A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste. Unique identifier: us6000rpfe. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rpfe. Exact location, longitude 124.1683° East, latitude -8.9857° South, depth = 105.938 km. The temblor was reported at 19:08:36 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 105.938 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 19:08:36 / November 20, 2025 @ 7:08 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atambua, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop).
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. 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-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 33 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.
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