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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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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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Background:

Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, towers to 5426 m 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America’s 2nd-highest volcano.  The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 250-450 m deep crater.  The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the sharp-peaked Ventorrillo on the NW, a remnant of an earlier volcano. 
At least three previous major cones were destroyed by gravitational failure during the Pleistocene, producing massive debris-avalanche deposits covering broad areas south of the volcano.  The modern volcano was constructed to the south of the late-Pleistocene to Holocene El Fraile cone.  Three major plinian eruptions, the most recent of which took place about 800 AD, have occurred from Popocatépetl since the mid Holocene, accompanied by pyroclastic flows and voluminous lahars that swept basins below the volcano.  Frequent historical eruptions, first recorded in Aztec codices, have occurred since precolumbian

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