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Fri, 8 Aug 2025, 12:07 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake near Kefamenanu, North Central Timor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, was reported only 5 minutes ago by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 45. km beneath the epicenter in the evening on Friday, August 8th, 2025, at 8:00 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Naisano Dua (pop. 2,300) located 65 km from the epicenter, Kefamenanu (pop. 48,200) 79 km away, Soe (pop. 40,200) 102 km away, and Atambua (pop. 82,200) 110 km away.
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At 701 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Carlos to 7 miles west of Brooten, or extending from 10 miles northeast of Alexandria to 28 miles northwest of Willmar, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE…Radar indicated. IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include… Alexandria, Sauk Centre, Melrose, Long Prairie, Staples, Glenwood, Browerville, Brooten, Belgrade, Clarissa, Eagle Bend, Carlos, Bertha, Grey Eagle, Hewitt, Lake Osakis, Little Sauk, Round Prairie, Leaf Valley and Miltona.

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Jul 21, 10:02 am (GMT +9)

4.8

94 km49 km (30 mi) to the NE Savu Sea, 160 km southwest of Pulau Atauro Island, Dili, Timor-Leste InfoJul 12, 07:02 pm (GMT +8)

4.4

102 km15 km (9.4 mi) to the NE 43 km WNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste InfoJun 29, 08:38 pm (GMT +8)

4.1

49 km82 km (51 mi) to the W Timor Region InfoJun 21, 05:18 pm (GMT +9)

4.4

107 km31 km (19 mi) to the NE 32 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste InfoJun 15, 04:50 pm (GMT +8)

4.6

118 km34 km (21 mi) to the N Savu Sea, 48 km south of Pulau Pantar Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia InfoJun 12, 07:26 pm (Makassar)

4.7

35 km68 km (42 mi) to the E Timor Region InfoMay 31, 11:21 pm (Makassar)

4.8

117 km1.9 km (1.2 mi) to the E Savu Sea, 69 km northwest of Kefamenanu, Indonesia InfoMay 21, 01:32 pm (GMT +8)

4.6

62 km15 km (9.2 mi) to the NW Savu Sea, 86 km northwest of Kefamenanu, Indonesia InfoAug 31, 2023 06:29 pm (Makassar)

6.1

75 km66 km (41 mi) to the S Indonesia: Di Darat 36 Km BaratLaut Timor Tengah Selatan 16 reportsInfoJul 25, 2023 08:25 am (Makassar)

6.0

75 km16 km (9.9 mi) to the S Savu Sea, 62 km west of Kefamenanu, Indonesia 21 reportsInfoDec 14, 2021 11:20 am (GMT +8)

7.3

14 km251 km (156 mi) to the NW Banda Sea, 113 km north of Maumere, Indonesia 13 reportsInfoDec 12, 2020 03:55 pm (Universal Time)

5.7

109 km50 km (31 mi) to the Wnear Magnitude 5.7, Near of Ujungpandang 1 reportInfoMay 18, 2019 07:14 pm

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