A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.2452 East, latitude -8.9372 South, depth = 72.183 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72.183 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/25 / 2025-05-27 23:55:31 / May 27, 2025 @ 11:55 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qjnu. Id of event: us6000qjnu. The temblor was detected at 23:55:31 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar. Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.
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