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4.4MAG

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE

53 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste

USGS

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 53 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste on 10 Oct 2026, 04:45 UTC. The hypocentre was 67.7 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 4 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.

Depth
67.7 km

shallow

Latitude
8.84°S

124.06°E longitude

Time
04:45 UTC

10 Oct 2026

Magnitude
M4.4

mb

EPICENTRE

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MAGNITUDE 4.4

Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.

The scale is logarithmic: this released about 130 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 60 tonnes of TNT.

67.7 KM DEEP

Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.

NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS

4 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 5.0.

OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES

M4.4 earthquake — Pante Makasar, Timor Leste · Quakewire