A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Chebika in Tunisia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:11:01 / 7:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 7.4178 East, latitude 34.2858 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1rj. Unique identifier: us6000r1rj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 19:11:01 / August 17, 2025 @ 7:11 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Reguiba, Debila, Zeribet el Oued (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Bir el Ater (c. 68 700 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Reguiba (c. 62 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Al Metlaoui (c. 41 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Debila (c. 36 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tozeur (c. 34 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ar Rudayyif (c. 30 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Zeribet el Oued (c. 23 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop), Tunisia (c. 10 589 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km W of Chebika, Tunisia.
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