List of earthquakes in East Timor explained

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		MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Comments	Ref
2021-12-29	Maluku, Indonesia	7.3	VII			Seven houses destroyed in East Timor.	^[2]
2021-12-16	Maluku, Indonesia	5.6	VI			Minor damage	^[3]
2021-12-11	Maluku, Indonesia	5.4	VI			Minor damage	^[4]
2015-11-04	Alor, Indonesia	6.5	VII			Minor damage	^[5]
2004-11-11	Alor, Indonesia	7.5	VIII	34	400	Severe damage	^[6]
2004-04-23	Timor	6.7	V			Minor damage in Kupang, Indonesia	^[7]
1995-05-14	Timor	6.9	VIII	11		Minor damage/tsunami	^[8]
1991-07-04	Alor, Indonesia	6.9	VII	23	181	Severe damage	^[9]
1989-07-14	Alor, Indonesia	6.7	VII		7	Minor damage	^[10]
1987-11-26	Alor, Indonesia	6.7	VII	37	108	Moderate damage	^[11]
1983-11-24	Maluku, Indonesia	7.3	VI			Felt as far as Australia.	^[12]
1966-06-22	Flores Sea	7.0	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.

Notes and 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 . 10.3389/feart.2021.640928 . 2296-6463. free .
2. Web site: M 7.3 - 121 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste . 2021-12-29. earthquake.usgs.gov.
3. Web site: M 5.6 - 247 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. earthquake.usgs.gov.
4. Web site: M 5.4 - 248 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. earthquake.usgs.gov.
5. Web site: M6.5 - 47 km NW of Maubara, Timor Leste. United States Geological Survey. November 4, 2015. November 4, 2015.
6. Web site: M 7.5 - Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia. earthquake.usgs.gov. 2019-05-17.
7. Web site: M 6.7 - 105 km WNW of Naisano Dua, Indonesia. earthquake.usgs.gov.
8. Web site: M 6.9 - 27 km NNW of Maubara, Timor Leste. earthquake.usgs.gov.
9. Web site: M 6.9 - 81 km NW of Maubara, Timor Leste. earthquake.usgs.gov.
10. Web site: M 6.7 - 59 km N of Maubara, Timor Leste. earthquake.usgs.gov.
11. Web site: M 6.7 - 108 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste. earthquake.usgs.gov.
12. Web site: M 7.3 - 172 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. earthquake.usgs.gov.
13. Web site: M 7.0 - 166 km NNW of Maubara, Timor Leste. earthquake.usgs.gov.