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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Masallātah in Libya

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Earthquake location 33.2709S, 13.9845WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Masallātah in Libya on Saturday. Global time and date of event 10/05/25 / 2025-05-10 17:35:28 / May 10, 2025 @ 5:35 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:35:28 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 13.9845 East, latitude 33.2709 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000pyg2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pyg2.

The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Tripoli (c. 1 151 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Al Khums (c. 201 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tagiura (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Masallātah (c. 23 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Libya (c. 6 461 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tripoli, Al Khums, Tagiura.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 has struck near. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km N of Masallātah, Libya. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 13.9845° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.2709° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km N of Masallātah, Libya Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-10 17:35:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-10 19:26:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.9 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 272 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.598 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pyg2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pyg2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pyg2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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