A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Zarzis in Tunisia. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008p70. Unique identifier: us10008p70. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:26:58 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 11.2632° East, 33.5543° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 04/05/17 / 2017-05-04 08:26:58 / May 4, 2017 @ 8:26 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zalţan, Medenine, Houmt Souk (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Midoun (c. 120 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Zarzis (c. 79 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Houmt Souk (c. 62 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Medenine (c. 61 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Zalţan (c. 17 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Bin Qirdān (c. 13 400 pop). Close country/countries, Libya (c. 6 461 000 pop), Tunisia (c. 10 589 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel the quake?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km ENE of Zarzis, Tunisia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply