A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 28 kilometers (17 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). Exact location, longitude 124.2246° East, latitude -9.4005° South, depth = 42.886 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhwq. Unique identifier: us6000rhwq. The temblor was picked up at 12:44:17 / 12:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.886 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/09/25 / 2025-09-27 12:44:17 / September 27, 2025 @ 12:44 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Soe, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 28 km SW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.

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