A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Lospalos in Timor Leste. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:38:02 / 10:38 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 30/05/25 / 2025-05-30 22:38:02 / May 30, 2025 @ 10:38 pm. Exact location, longitude 127.1668° East, latitude -8.9122° South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000qgzz. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qgzz.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baucau, Venilale, Viqueque (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Lospalos (c. 17 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Baucau (c. 16 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Venilale (c. 16 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Viqueque (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).

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. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km SSE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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