Minor earthquake 3.3 mag, 13 km NE of Sliema, Malta

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Sliema in Malta. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/04/25 / 2025-04-17 21:57:36 / April 17, 2025 @ 9:57 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000q6z1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q6z1. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:57:36 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 14.5875° East, 36.0117° North, depth 10 km.

Close country/countries, Malta (c. 403 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Lawrenz, Għarb, Saint Lucia (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Birkirkara (c. 21 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Qormi (c. 18 200 pop), 19 km (11 miles) from Mosta (c. 17 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Żabbar (c. 15 000 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from San Pawl il-Baħar (c. 14 100 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 have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 13 km NE of Sliema, Malta.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	14.5875° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.0117° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 km NE of Sliema, Malta	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-17 21:57:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-21 15:01:57	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.9	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	169	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	5	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.182	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.75 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	156	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000q6z1	Id of event.
Event Code	6000q6z1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000q6z1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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