A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Atambua in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:43:08 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.7873 East, latitude -9.1355 South, depth = 35 km. Event id: us6000qzrr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qzrr. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/08/25 / 2025-08-11 08:43:08 / August 11, 2025 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Event epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Liquica (c. 19 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Maubara (c. 16 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Liquica, Gleno, Ainaro (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 12 km WSW of Atambua, Indonesia.

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