A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Mezzouna in Tunisia. Global time and date of event 03/02/25 / 2025-02-03 09:45:05 / February 3, 2025 @ 9:45 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pazv. Unique identifier: us7000pazv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 9.6061° East, 34.5951° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:45:05 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Gabès (c. 110 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kasserine (c. 82 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Gafsa (c. 81 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from El Hamma (c. 62 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sidi Bouzid (c. 42 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Skhira (c. 9 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from As Sanad (c. 7 900 pop). Close country/countries, Tunisia (c. 10 589 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kasserine, Gabès, El Hamma.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km W of Mezzouna, Tunisia.
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