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M4.4 Earthquake near 30 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste

UTC time: 2025-03-18 21:39:31 UTC Local time: —
Magnitude
M4.4
Depth
91.2 km
Source
USGS

30 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste

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About this earthquake

On March 18, 2025 at 21:39 UTC, a magnitude M4.4 earthquake occurred near 30 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste. At around 91 km, the focal depth places this among intermediate-depth events. Earthquakes of this magnitude are clearly felt; minor damage to vulnerable buildings is possible.

The data is provided by USGS and cross-checked across seismological networks.

Details

ID
e92abeb929040e6db0d6670d98f0b23540e20fdf
Magnitude
M4.4
Depth
91.2 km
UTC time
2025-03-18 21:39:31 UTC
Local time
—
Country
—
Source
usgs
Coordinates
-9.03630, 124.16570

Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 91.2 km (Intermediate) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 91.2 km
Intermediate
91.2 km
Why depth matters

Intermediate-depth quakes are felt across a wider area but usually cause less surface damage.

Depth classes per USGS

Volcanoes nearby

  • Sirung
    Distance: 60 km ·Complex ·Elevation: 1'347 m ·Last eruption: 2021 ·Indonesia
  • Iliwerung
    Distance: 86 km ·Complex ·Elevation: 583 m ·Last eruption: 2021 ·Indonesia
  • Ililabalekan
    Distance: 102 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 1'018 m ·Indonesia
  • Lewotolok Activity reported
    Distance: 111 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 1'431 m ·Last eruption: 2026 ·Indonesia
  • Iliboleng
    Distance: 126 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 1'659 m ·Last eruption: 1993 ·Indonesia
  • Tara, Batu
    Distance: 152 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 633 m ·Last eruption: 2015 ·Indonesia

Radius · 50 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Oecusse Route of the Sandalwood International AirportTimor-Leste · OEC · WPOC
    26.1 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-14

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

No unambiguous area assignment

Context for this earthquake

This event has no unambiguous country assignment in the analysed catalogue. It is therefore not assigned to a regional profile.

Earthquake overview

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