A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Faya-Largeau in Chad. Exact location, longitude 19.5868° East, latitude 17.2366° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000qjvj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qjvj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:32:00 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/05/25 / 2025-05-29 01:32:00 / May 29, 2025 @ 1:32 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Faya-Largeau (c. 13 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chad (c. 10 543 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Faya-Largeau.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 91 km SE of Faya-Largeau, Chad.
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