A 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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