M 5.2 in Timor-Leste on 06 Jun 2026 22:38 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1544554
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.6648 , 126.5825
Event Date: 06 Jun 2026 22:38 UTC
07 Jun 2026 07:38 Local
Exposed Population:
40 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 06 Jun 2026 22:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Timor-Leste)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000sr5i Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

5.3-magnitude quake hits Timor region -- GFZ 6/6/2026 11:40:00 PM.

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.
Significant 5.2 quake hits near Venilale, Baucau, Timor-Leste 6/6/2026 11:09:00 PM.

Trump disables tsunami warnings when I get meteors ufos tsunamis quakes try thoughts n research globally for past 3 plus decades. So I d say he''s very deadly forva president.more like a genocidal murderer.. … Trump disables tsunami warning
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5.3-magnitude quake hits Timor region -- GFZ 6/6/2026 11:07:00 PM.

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Timor region at 2238 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 8.98
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5.3-magnitude quake hits Timor region -- GFZ 6/6/2026 11:06:00 PM.

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Timor region at 2238 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 8.98
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),