A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Al Jubayl in Saudi Arabia. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:50:04 / 4:50 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/04/25 / 2025-04-22 16:50:04 / April 22, 2025 @ 4:50 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pua1. Id of event: us7000pua1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 49.9956° East, 27.3162° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sayhāt, Al Qaţīf, At Tūbī (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Saudi Arabia (c. 25 732 000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Al Jubayl (c. 237 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Al Qaţīf (c. 98 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Tārūt (c. 85 400 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Sayhāt (c. 66 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Şafwá (c. 45 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from (c. 41 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km NE of Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia.
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