Earthquakes in Timor-Leste — July 2025

14 earthquakes were recorded in Timor-Leste during July 2025, an average of 0.5 per day.

14 reached magnitude 4 or above and 1 reached magnitude 5 or above. The average focal depth was 266 km.

The month's largest event in Timor-Leste was a magnitude 5.1 earthquake near Lospalos, Timor-Leste on 16 July 2025 at 16:02 UTC. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake radiates roughly 674 tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

That is well above the Timor-Leste monthly average of 9 events over the period we cover — an unusually active month, and up from the 8 recorded the previous month.

7% of events here are shallow (under 70 km), 50% intermediate (70–300 km) and 43% deep-focus (over 300 km). That proportion of deep-focus events is the signature of a subduction zone: only a cold slab descending into the mantle stays brittle enough to rupture at those depths.

By band, the catalogue holds 13 in the magnitude 4 range, 1 in the magnitude 5 range.

Activity peaked on 03 July, when 4 events were recorded.

The month's largest events were M5.1 near Lospalos, Timor-Leste on 16 July at 10 km; M4.9 near Metinaro, Timor-Leste on 23 July at 517 km; M4.6 near Manatutu, Timor-Leste on 09 July at 489 km.

That is 62% above the 9 events Timor-Leste averages per month across the 21 months on record.