A tsunami warning has been issued in the Indian Ocean after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of East Timor on May 27, 2022.

• Reportedly, the earthquake in East Timor was very quick and people went about their activities as usual.
• East Timor and Indonesia sit on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire’. It is an arc of intense seismic activity that stretched through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.
• The youngest country in South East Asia also recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of its Independence from Indonesia.