A light magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 54 km south of Soe in the Timor Sea on Tuesday, Nov 3, at 06:40 am GMT, per volcanodiscovery.com.
Just two hours later, a magnitude 3.7 quake hit 49 km east of Lospalos, Lautein, Timor-Leste, at 08:04 am local time, according to the same source.
The region has seen increased seismic activity recently, with multiple moderate quakes in the Banda Sea and surrounding areas within the past week, per volcanodiscovery.com.