A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste. The temblor was picked up at 06:35:30 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 124.3114° East, latitude -9.1603° South, depth = 72.781 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 06:35:30 / October 25, 2024 @ 6:35 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.781 km (45 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nn2r. Id of event: us7000nn2r.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Atambua, Kefamenanu. The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 9 km (6 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).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km WNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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