A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Lospalos in Timor Leste. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 127.1365 East, latitude -8.8661 South, depth = 18.296 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/03/25 / 2025-03-13 21:29:02 / March 13, 2025 @ 9:29 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.296 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000pln5. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pln5. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:29:02 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Lospalos (c. 17 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Baucau (c. 16 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Venilale (c. 16 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Viqueque (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Venilale, Baucau, Viqueque (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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