List of earthquakes in Timor-Leste

Earthquakes in Timor-Leste (East Timor) are frequent but rarely cause damage. The earthquakes occur due to a convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. ^[1] Earthquakes near East Timor will also be listed.

Earthquakes

Date	Region	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Comments	Ref
2023-01-09	maluku,tual	7.6	VI		11	Eleven people injured 15 houses collapsed and 523 others sustained light to heavy damage in the tanimbar islands
2022-05-27	lospalos	6.2	VI			in maluku , indonesia a house and a school were damaged the quake was felt as far away as Darwin, Australia
2021-12-29	Maluku, Indonesia	7.3 Mw	VII			Seven houses destroyed in East Timor.	[2]
2021-12-16	Maluku, Indonesia	5.6 Mw	VI			Minor damage	[3]
2021-12-11	Maluku, Indonesia	5.4 Mw	VI			Minor damage	[4]
2015-11-04	Alor, Indonesia	6.5 Mw	VII			Minor damage	[5]
2008-02-13	Timor sea	6.1				moderate damage
2004-11-11	Alor, Indonesia	7.5 Mw	VIII	34	400	Severe damage	[6]
2004-04-23	Timor	6.7 Mw	V			Minor damage in Kupang, Indonesia	[7]
1995-05-14	Timor	6.9 Mw	VIII	11		Minor damage/tsunami	[8]
1991-07-04	Alor, Indonesia	6.9 Mw	VII	23	181	Severe damage	[9]
1989-07-14	Alor, Indonesia	6.7 Mw	VII		7	Minor damage	[10]
1987-11-26	Alor, Indonesia	6.7 Mw	VII	37	108	Moderate damage	[11]
1983-11-24	Maluku, Indonesia	7.3 Mw	VI			Felt as far as Australia.	[12]
1966-06-22	Flores Sea	7.0 Mw	III			Intermediate depth	[13]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

References

1. Coudurier-Curveur, Aurélie; Singh, Satish C.; Deighton, Ian (2021-05-26). "Timor Collision Front Segmentation Reveals Potential for Great Earthquakes in the Western Outer Banda Arc, Eastern Indonesia". Frontiers in Earth Science. 9: 640928. doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.640928 . ISSN   2296-6463.
2. "M 7.3 - 121 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
3. "M 5.6 - 247 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste". earthquake.usgs.gov.
4. "M 5.4 - 248 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste". earthquake.usgs.gov.
5. "M6.5 - 47 km NW of Maubara, Timor Leste". United States Geological Survey. November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
6. "M 7.5 - Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
7. "M 6.7 - 105 km WNW of Naisano Dua, Indonesia". earthquake.usgs.gov.
8. "M 6.9 - 27 km NNW of Maubara, Timor Leste". earthquake.usgs.gov.
9. "M 6.9 - 81 km NW of Maubara, Timor Leste". earthquake.usgs.gov.
10. "M 6.7 - 59 km N of Maubara, Timor Leste". earthquake.usgs.gov.
11. "M 6.7 - 108 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste". earthquake.usgs.gov.
12. "M 7.3 - 172 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste". earthquake.usgs.gov.
13. "M 7.0 - 166 km NNW of Maubara, Timor Leste". earthquake.usgs.gov.