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Earthquakes in 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
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]
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.
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