A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/03/25 / 2025-03-22 19:41:30 / March 22, 2025 @ 7:41 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:41:30 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000plws. Event ids that are associated: us7000plws. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 101.935 km (63 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 124.3344 East, latitude -8.7751 South, depth = 101.935 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kefamenanu, Atambua, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 48 km (30 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 six and in the last 365 days twenty 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 47 km N of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.
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