A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Faro in Portugal. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:18:52 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -7.9261° West, latitude 36.3124° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/03/25 / 2025-03-24 05:18:52 / March 24, 2025 @ 5:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pm5x. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pm5x. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ferreiras, Tavira, São Brás de Alportel. Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Faro (c. 41 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Olhão (c. 29 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Loulé (c. 23 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Laranjeiro (c. 20 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Quarteira (c. 18 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Albufeira (c. 15 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Portugal (c. 10 676 000 pop).
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 has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km S of Faro, Portugal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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