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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Tamaghzah in Tunisia

Posted by admin on October 13, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.5308S, 7.4845WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Tamaghzah in Tunisia on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 18/09/25 / 2025-09-18 20:53:54 / September 18, 2025 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:53:54 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rg84. Id of event: us6000rg84. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 7.4845 East, latitude 34.5308 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Degache, Zeribet el Oued, Tozeur (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop), Tunisia (c. 10 589 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Cheria (c. 72 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bir el Ater (c. 68 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Al Metlaoui (c. 41 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tozeur (c. 34 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ar Rudayyif (c. 30 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Zeribet el Oued (c. 23 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 45 km WNW of Tamaghzah, Tunisia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 7.4845° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.5308° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km WNW of Tamaghzah, Tunisia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-18 20:53:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-13 16:28:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 284 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.94 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 195 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 us6000rg84 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rg84 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rg84, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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