Earthquakes in Timor-Leste — October 2025

11 earthquakes were recorded in Timor-Leste during October 2025, an average of 0.4 per day.

11 reached magnitude 4 or above and 3 reached magnitude 5 or above. The average focal depth was 210 km.

The month's largest event in Timor-Leste was a magnitude 6.2 earthquake near Pante Makasar, Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 at 17:04 UTC. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake radiates roughly 30,089 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 down from the 12 recorded the previous month.

9% of events here are shallow (under 70 km), 64% intermediate (70–300 km) and 27% 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 8 in the magnitude 4 range, 2 in the magnitude 5 range, 1 in the magnitude 6 range.

Activity peaked on 24 October, when 2 events were recorded.

The month's largest events were M6.2 near Pante Makasar, Timor-Leste on 26 October at 75 km; M5.6 near Lospalos, Timor-Leste on 01 October at 151 km; M5.1 near Pante Makasar, Timor-Leste on 24 October at 108 km.

That is 27% above the 9 events Timor-Leste averages per month across the 21 months on record.

This month also holds the strongest earthquake recorded in Timor-Leste in our entire catalogue.