List of earthquakes in East Timor

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

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