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Earthquakes in East Timor

3,137 earthquakes catalogued in and around East Timor between 1905 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.5
Latest earthquake · depth 87 km
04.08.2026 05:51 UTC · from centre 166 km
3,137
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1905–2026
record span
3.85
mean magnitude
1,972
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

01733461905: 1 (M5+)19051908: 1 (M5+)19151917: 1 (M5+)1918: 1 (M5+)1923: 1 (M5+)19251927: 1 (M5+)1928: 3 (M5+)1930: 2 (M5+)1931: 1 (M5+)1932: 1 (M5+)19351936: 2 (M5+)1937: 2 (M5+)1938: 1 (M5+)1939: 1 (M5+)1940: 1 (M5+)1941: 1 (M5+)19451947: 1 (M5+)1951: 1 (M5+)1952: 1 (M5+)1953: 2 (M5+)1954: 2 (M5+)19551959: 2 (M5+)1963: 1 (M5+)1965: 3 (M5+)19651966: 1 (M5+)1967: 2 (M4–5)1968: 1 (M4–5)1968: 3 (M5+)1969: 3 (M4–5)1969: 3 (M5+)1970: 4 (M5+)1971: 2 (M5+)1972: 5 (M5+)1973: 2 (M4–5)1973: 1 (M5+)1974: 3 (M5+)1975: 1 (M4–5)1975: 10 (M5+)19751976: 1 (M4–5)1976: 5 (M5+)1977: 11 (M4–5)1977: 14 (M5+)1978: 2 (M4–5)1978: 6 (M5+)1979: 3 (M5+)1980: 4 (M4–5)1980: 3 (M5+)1981: 5 (M4–5)1981: 5 (M5+)1982: 2 (M4–5)1982: 5 (M5+)1983: 4 (M4–5)1983: 11 (M5+)1984: 1 (M3–4)1984: 10 (M4–5)1984: 4 (M5+)1985: 1 (M3–4)1985: 10 (M4–5)1985: 7 (M5+)19851986: 4 (M4–5)1986: 4 (M5+)1987: 12 (M4–5)1987: 5 (M5+)1988: 2 (M3–4)1988: 15 (M4–5)1988: 6 (M5+)1989: 3 (M3–4)1989: 14 (M4–5)1989: 7 (M5+)1990: 9 (M4–5)1990: 2 (M5+)1991: 30 (M4–5)1991: 15 (M5+)1992: 11 (M4–5)1992: 10 (M5+)1993: 1 (M3–4)1993: 8 (M4–5)1993: 11 (M5+)1994: 1 (M3–4)1994: 14 (M4–5)1994: 12 (M5+)1995: 15 (M3–4)1995: 55 (M4–5)1995: 10 (M5+)19951996: 7 (M3–4)1996: 31 (M4–5)1997: 4 (M3–4)1997: 30 (M4–5)1997: 2 (M5+)1998: 4 (M3–4)1998: 22 (M4–5)1998: 5 (M5+)1999: 1 (M3–4)1999: 13 (M4–5)1999: 3 (M5+)2000: 1 (M3–4)2000: 8 (M4–5)2001: 25 (M4–5)2001: 10 (M5+)2002: 2 (M3–4)2002: 22 (M4–5)2002: 3 (M5+)2003: 6 (M<3)2003: 27 (M4–5)2003: 5 (M5+)2004: 25 (M<3)2004: 20 (M3–4)2004: 202 (M4–5)2004: 22 (M5+)2005: 3 (M<3)2005: 6 (M3–4)2005: 29 (M4–5)2005: 7 (M5+)20052006: 4 (M<3)2006: 5 (M3–4)2006: 30 (M4–5)2006: 2 (M5+)2007: 10 (M<3)2007: 4 (M3–4)2007: 37 (M4–5)2007: 5 (M5+)2008: 15 (M<3)2008: 12 (M3–4)2008: 66 (M4–5)2008: 11 (M5+)2009: 4 (M3–4)2009: 47 (M4–5)2009: 8 (M5+)2010: 5 (M3–4)2010: 24 (M4–5)2010: 4 (M5+)2011: 2 (M3–4)2011: 30 (M4–5)2011: 2 (M5+)2012: 1 (M3–4)2012: 34 (M4–5)2012: 3 (M5+)2013: 4 (M3–4)2013: 27 (M4–5)2013: 2 (M5+)2014: 9 (M3–4)2014: 38 (M4–5)2014: 1 (M5+)2015: 18 (M3–4)2015: 92 (M4–5)2015: 6 (M5+)20152016: 9 (M3–4)2016: 36 (M4–5)2016: 6 (M5+)2017: 5 (M3–4)2017: 33 (M4–5)2018: 3 (M<3)2018: 8 (M3–4)2018: 22 (M4–5)2019: 2 (M<3)2019: 16 (M3–4)2019: 41 (M4–5)2019: 2 (M5+)2020: 32 (M<3)2020: 37 (M3–4)2020: 26 (M4–5)2020: 2 (M5+)2021: 36 (M<3)2021: 55 (M3–4)2021: 30 (M4–5)2021: 3 (M5+)2022: 36 (M<3)2022: 70 (M3–4)2022: 49 (M4–5)2022: 3 (M5+)2023: 60 (M<3)2023: 90 (M3–4)2023: 46 (M4–5)2023: 5 (M5+)2024: 36 (M<3)2024: 57 (M3–4)2024: 29 (M4–5)2024: 1 (M5+)2025: 153 (M<3)2025: 133 (M3–4)2025: 57 (M4–5)2025: 3 (M5+)20252026: 214 (M<3)2026: 98 (M3–4)2026: 19 (M4–5)2026: 2 (M5+)
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
7.830.08.1917 04:07100 km296 km
7.511.11.2004 21:2617.7 km117 km
7.422.06.1982 04:18448.5 km176 km
7.424.11.1983 05:30191.4 km312 km
7.320.10.1938 02:1990 km311 km
7.329.12.2021 18:25177.6 km252 km
7.211.02.1969 22:16445 km246 km
7.214.02.1952 03:3825 km148 km
7.229.09.1905 11:5235 km207 km
7.027.08.1977 07:1224.6 km82 km
7.026.03.1930 07:1210 km122 km
6.925.02.1941 05:37180 km76 km
6.926.06.1953 05:4225 km188 km
6.925.06.1953 10:4525 km197 km
6.814.05.1995 11:3328 km85 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.504.08.2026 05:5187 km166 km
2.903.08.2026 15:1823 km17 km
2.501.08.2026 16:4310 km165 km
2.501.08.2026 08:0248 km89 km
3.130.07.2026 11:5110 km10 km
2.929.07.2026 19:4221 km162 km
3.529.07.2026 08:0620 km190 km
2.628.07.2026 09:2872 km193 km
2.528.07.2026 05:0573 km158 km
2.627.07.2026 20:5582 km167 km
2.627.07.2026 15:1734 km131 km
2.527.07.2026 11:1937 km145 km
3.625.07.2026 20:1449 km185 km
2.825.07.2026 15:253 km129 km
2.825.07.2026 00:5978 km173 km
2.824.07.2026 12:4325 km36 km
2.524.07.2026 04:5310 km91 km
2.722.07.2026 07:5183 km168 km
2.722.07.2026 05:5416 km158 km
3.020.07.2026 16:2510 km46 km
2.718.07.2026 18:3568 km179 km
2.815.07.2026 02:049 km127 km
2.514.07.2026 12:2468 km186 km
3.113.07.2026 06:243 km58 km
2.612.07.2026 16:1217 km96 km
2.612.07.2026 04:55176 km196 km
2.511.07.2026 20:3310 km134 km
2.909.07.2026 17:29169 km151 km
3.309.07.2026 05:4869 km176 km
2.709.07.2026 02:4114 km59 km
2.708.07.2026 22:3787 km144 km
2.908.07.2026 05:5282 km155 km
2.507.07.2026 12:1241 km165 km
3.205.07.2026 19:46199 km188 km
3.504.07.2026 13:1876 km170 km
3.802.07.2026 17:2852 km155 km
2.802.07.2026 07:2010 km76 km
2.801.07.2026 17:4241 km173 km
4.001.07.2026 07:330 km184 km
3.001.07.2026 00:56130 km173 km
2.530.06.2026 22:1921 km97 km
2.928.06.2026 16:163 km72 km
2.628.06.2026 02:47131 km94 km
3.327.06.2026 13:59131 km182 km
2.627.06.2026 03:5344 km182 km
3.227.06.2026 00:3971 km154 km
2.726.06.2026 17:573 km81 km
3.026.06.2026 02:2785 km138 km
3.425.06.2026 19:2676 km183 km
3.724.06.2026 17:5310 km86 km
3.424.06.2026 09:1610 km89 km
3.323.06.2026 17:1021 km85 km
4.122.06.2026 13:55179.9 km170 km
2.522.06.2026 11:3651 km181 km
3.321.06.2026 23:2682 km157 km
2.921.06.2026 21:3869 km193 km
2.621.06.2026 16:5268 km166 km
2.521.06.2026 14:4954 km178 km
2.621.06.2026 13:1580 km159 km
2.520.06.2026 21:3856 km183 km

Regions

Oe-Cusse Ambeno732Cova Lima361Bobonaro357Dili305Liquiçá271Ermera255Ainaro215Lautém205Aileu187Manufahi158

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.