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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Pante Makasar in Timor Leste


Earthquake location -9.0363S, 124.1657WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 91.182 km, 124.1657° East, -9.0363° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.182 km (57 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:39:31 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzn8. Unique identifier: us6000pzn8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 21:39:31 / March 18, 2025 @ 9:39 pm.

Nearby 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 Soe, Atambua, Kefamenanu. Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop).

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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.1657° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.0363° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 91.182 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km NW 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 2025-03-18 21:39:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-18 22:28:36 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 298 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.721 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pzn8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pzn8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pzn8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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