A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Suai in Timor Leste. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 125.3003° East, latitude -9.8478° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 23/03/25 / 2025-03-23 05:07:11 / March 23, 2025 @ 5:07 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000plzs. Unique identifier: us7000plzs. The temblor was reported at 05:07:11 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maliana, Atambua, Suai (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km S of Suai, Timor Leste.
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